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On the Nature of the Irregularities that Produce Partial Reflections of Radio Waves From the Lower Ionosphere (70–100 km)
Author(s) -
Austin G. L.,
Manson A. H.
Publication year - 1969
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 - 10.1029/rs004i001p00035
Subject(s) - ionosphere , reflection (computer programming) , radio wave , geophysics , geology , physics , scale (ratio) , turbulence , ionospheric reflection , ionospheric propagation , ionospheric heater , computational physics , optics , meteorology , computer science , quantum mechanics , programming language
The irregularities that produce the partial reflection of radio waves (1.5–6.0 MHz) from the D region are investigated. Experimental evidence indicates that reflection usually occurs from localized irregularities rather than from a region of smaller scale turbulence.