Author : Joseph Horace Pope
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Book Synopsis Global Scintillation Model by : Joseph Horace Pope
Download or read book Global Scintillation Model written by Joseph Horace Pope and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A global model for obtaining scintillations was developed at Stanford Research Institute by Fremouw. This model uses a number of input parameters including sunspot number, day of the year, time of day, location of the receiver and transmitter, the frequency to provide an average value of scintillation activity under the specified conditions. The model was later modified by Pope at NOAA/ERL to better represent certain measurements of scintillation activity in the high latitude regions and to include a variation in the magnetic activity index. The model uses the Briggs and Parkin theory appropriate for weak scatter. Certain convenient mathematical forms are assumed for the different regions of the earth. These include the equatorial, mid-latitude, auroral zone, and high latitude boundary regions. The coefficients in these mathematical functions were determined empirically by means of appropriate scintillation activity data that were taken in many different regions of the globe and over different portions of the sunspot cycle. The model is valid only for that frequency domain (VHF, UHF) upon which the observational data were based. The model is described in this report with its uses and limitations. Details of a computer program based on the model that gives scintillation activity as a function of the various input parameters are also provided.