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Experimental and theoretical studies of ionospheric irregularities using scintillation techniques
Author(s) -
Liu C. H.,
Franke S. J.
Publication year - 1986
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/rs021i003p00363
Subject(s) - scintillation , ionosphere , interplanetary scintillation , radio wave , ionospheric propagation , physics , radio propagation , remote sensing , computational physics , computer science , geophysics , geology , optics , telecommunications , astronomy , plasma , detector , coronal mass ejection , quantum mechanics , solar wind
Theoretical and experimental aspects of using radio scintillation to study ionospheric irregularities will be reviewed in this paper. Both weak and strong scintillation theories will be presented. Theoretical results will be compared with typical experimental data to demonstrate the procedure. Discussions will be concentrated on what information about ionospheric irregularities can be extracted from scintillation data and how. Also, a recently developed simulation technique for radio wave propagation through ionospheric irregular structures will be discussed. It will be shown that by applying this technique, one can obtain information about the properties of the irregularities that are of either statistical or deterministic nature. Specific examples of applying this technique to study equatorial ionospheric bubbles will be reviewed.