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Atmospheric Structure Deduced from Forward‐Scatter Wave Propagation Experiments
Author(s) -
Gjessing Dag T.
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/rs004i012p01195
Subject(s) - refractive index , simple (philosophy) , basis (linear algebra) , computational physics , scale (ratio) , atmospheric optics , optics , set (abstract data type) , point (geometry) , space (punctuation) , physics , atmospheric models , statistical physics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , computer science , meteorology , geometry , atmosphere (unit) , quantum mechanics , philosophy , epistemology , programming language , operating system
This review is concerned with the relative potentials of various experimental radio techniques from the point of view of determining the atmospheric fine‐scale structure. After having derived a unified set of simple approximate expressions for the ‘measured quantity’ in terms of parameters describing the refractive‐index time‐space structure, some of the more important sources of error are discussed. Finally, on the basis of numerous experimental results, the form of the refractive‐index spectrum is deduced by using the previously derived theoretical expressions.