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Anticipated Super‐Refraction Over India, Based on the Climatology of the Vertical Structure of Radio Refractivity
Author(s) -
Chatterjee K.
Publication year - 1971
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/rs006i012p01033
Subject(s) - radiosonde , troposphere , refractive index , refraction , radio wave , climatology , geology , environmental science , scintillometer , atmospheric sciences , index (typography) , meteorology , geography , physics , optics , turbulence , atmospheric turbulence , quantum mechanics , world wide web , computer science
From the monthly average values of radiorefractivity near the ground surface and at the 850‐mb level (approximately 5000 ft above sea level), values of refractive index gradient have been computed between ground surface and 5000 ft above sea level for the 12 Indian radiosonde stations. These values of N gradients have been examined to estimate super‐refraction of radio waves in the lower troposphere over India. Maps showing isopleths of refractive index gradient over the country during different seasons are also presented.