Meteor-Burst Modeling and Analysis Final Report. R&D Equipment Information Computer Software Production Item Scientific and Technical Report.

This report describes a computer model for predicting the performance of meteor burst communication links in terms of the usable meteor rate (MR) and the available channel duty cycle (DC). This model incorporates an empirical database of sporadic meteor flux, an empirical meteor velocity distributio...

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Main Authors: Desourdis, Robert I., Jr., McDonough, Anne K.
Other Authors: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP MARLBOROUGH MA COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEE RING LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1995
Subjects:
Computer Systems
Radio Communications
*COMPUTER PROGRAMS
*COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
*METEOR BURST COMMUNICATIONS
VELOCITY
DATA BASES
ALGORITHMS
USER MANUALS
INPUT
OUTPUT
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
VALIDATION
DISTRIBUTION
FLUX(RATE)
RATES
CODING
FORTRAN
RUSSIA
EARTH SURFACE
COMPUTER FILES
CHANNELS
MANUALS
NEC(NATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS CODE)
PC METEORLINK COMPUTER PROGRAM
PE62101F
WUPL4643GHAA
Greenland
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA314799
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA314799
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Summary:This report describes a computer model for predicting the performance of meteor burst communication links in terms of the usable meteor rate (MR) and the available channel duty cycle (DC). This model incorporates an empirical database of sporadic meteor flux, an empirical meteor velocity distribution, and detailed antenna pattern data usually provided by the National Electromagnetics Code (NEC). This program, PC METEORLINK, integrates MR and DC contributions throughout the sky region between 80 and 120 km above the earth's surface where most meteors are ionized. PC METEORLINK was derived from a VAX FORTRAN program called METEORLINK. This report describes the algorithms used in PC METEORLINK, the empirical data of meteor flux and velocity, the empirically-based formula for various meteoric physics and atmospheric parameters. It is divided into three sections. The first, R&D Equipment Information, is a User's Guide for the PC METEORLINK program. The second, Computer Software Product Item, is a Technical Manual for the program. The third, Scientific and Technical Report, presents validation results for PC METEOR- LINK prediction. This validation section compares PC METEORLINK predictions with data taken from the Greenland Meteor Burst Test Bed, the Jodrell Bannk Experimental Station, and meteor-burst measurements performed in Kazan, Russia.

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