Ionospheric Structure Specification and Systems Effects.

• Main Authors: Hagan, M. P., Valladares, Cesar E.
• Other Authors: BOSTON COLL CHESTNUT HILL MA INST FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; Radiofrequency Wave Propagation; Atmospheric Physics; Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics; *IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; *POLAR CAP; *PLASMA WAVES; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; CONTINENTAL DRIFT; ANISOTROPY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; AURORAE; PLASMA JETS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; GREENLAND; IONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; MAGNETOSTATICS; POLAR CAP ABSORPTION; PE62101F; WUPL2310G9AM; Greenland; Qaanaaq
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA324453; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA324453

This is a comprehensive study of the sources of scintillation that disrupts world wide Air Force systems dependent on trans-ionospheric radiowave propagation. Measurement of the complete electrodynamics of sun aligned polar cap arcs has determined that the electromagnetic energy can be larger than t...