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The physical significance of the correlation ellipse in ionospheric drift analysis
Author(s) -
Briggs B. H.
Publication year - 1976
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/rs011i010p00817
Subject(s) - ellipse , ionosphere , amplitude , geodesy , interpretation (philosophy) , correlation , geology , geophysics , mathematics , physics , geometry , optics , computer science , programming language
It is argued that the conventional interpretation of the correlation ellipse in ionospheric drift analysis is correct, and that this ellipse provides a useful description of the spatial properties of the amplitude pattern over the ground.