Title

Transmission of Electromagnetic Waves Through Normal and Disturbed Ionospheres

Creator

Booker, H. G.

Crain, C. M.

Field, E. C.

Date

1970

Identifier

AD0716678

AD0716678

Abstract

The report presents the results of an analysis of the transmission of electromagnetic waves through the ionosphere. The objective of the calculations is to provide estimates of the propagation losses to be expected on communication links between satellites and the ground. A wide range of frequencies, 0.001 to 10 to the 10th power Hz, is considered, and normal and disturbed nighttime and daytime conditions are analyzed. The models and computational methods are summarized briefly in Section 2, extensive numerical results for the total transmission loss and height dependence of ionospheric attenuation are presented in Section 3, and the conclusions are given in Section 4.

Date Issued

1970-11

Extent

35

Corporate Author

RAND Corporation

Corporate Report Number

R-558-PR

Contract

F44620-67-C-0045

DoD Project

Project RAND

Distribution Conflict

No

Access Rights

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE AND SALE; ITS DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED.

Photo Quality

Not Needed

DTIC Record Exists

Yes

Report Availability

Full text available by request

Distribution Classification

1

Provenance

Borg-Warner

Type

report

Format

35 pages ; 28 cm.