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Use of Virtual‐Height Slopes for Determination of Electron‐Density Profiles
Author(s) -
Paul Adolf K.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1002/rds19672101195
Subject(s) - ionogram , refractive index , ionosphere , reflection (computer programming) , electron density , computational physics , refraction , derivative (finance) , electron , second derivative , point (geometry) , phase (matter) , physics , mathematics , optics , geology , mathematical analysis , geometry , geophysics , computer science , quantum mechanics , financial economics , economics , programming language
The relationship between the slope of an ionospheric virtual‐height curve and the higher derivatives of the N ( h ) profile is derived and discussed. The slope is found to depend mainly on the second‐height derivative at the reflection point of the probing wave. A method of ionogram analysis based upon this formulation is proposed. The appendix presents new forms of the phase refractive index and its derivatives.