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Theoretical study of gyroresonances with application to rocket experiments
Author(s) -
Bitoun J.,
Fleury L.,
Higel B.
Publication year - 1975
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/rs010i010p00875
Subject(s) - rocket (weapon) , ionosphere , physics , waveform , earth's magnetic field , computational physics , algebraic number , ray tracing (physics) , geophysics , magnetic field , aerospace engineering , mathematics , optics , mathematical analysis , engineering , quantum mechanics , voltage
The waveforms and envelopes of resonance signals observed in the ionosphere at 2, 3, 4, and 5 f H by rocket experiment are compared with the analytical results provided by a spatial ray‐tracing procedure which takes the gradient of Earth's magnetic field into account. An approximate calculation yields the algebraic expression of the wave damping from whence the decrease of the received signals is deduced versus time as well as their frequency variations.