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Radio Techniques for Probing the Terrestrial Ionosphere

(Number (ISBN

3642762573

(Number (ISBN

9783642762574

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b573493

Title Proper

Radio Techniques for Probing the Terrestrial Ionosphere

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First Statement of Responsibility

by Robert D. Hunsucker.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1991

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xiv, 293 pages 152 illustrations)

Series Title

Physics and chemistry in space., Planetology ;, 22.

Text of Note

Terrestrial Atmsopheric Structure and Properties of Electromagnetic Waves --; Radio Propagation in a Plasma --; Vertical Sounders --; The Ionosonde --; Oblique Backscatter Sounder --; Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) Systems --; Ionospheric Modification by High Power Radio Waves --; Methods of Measuring Ionospheric Absorption and Other D-Region Parameter --; Earth Satellite Radio Studies of the Ionosphere --; Other Radio Techniques.

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In the years since the pioneering efforts of Sir Edward Appleton, M.A.F. Barnett, G. Breit, and M.A. Thve, many radio techniques have been employed to investigate the terrestrial ionosphere. The purposes of this book are to exam ine the basic physical interaction process of radio waves with the ionosphere, scrutinize each of the radio techniques currently in use, and describe the elements of each technique, as well as assess their capabilities and limitations. I have included some of the history of each technique, since we often tend to forget the efforts of the "pioneers". The interaction of radio waves with the terrestrial ionosphere has been described in considerable detail in several "classic" treatments, e.g., Ratcliffe (1959), Al'pert (1963), Budden (1961) and Davies (1965), Rishbeth and e.g., Flock (1979), Davies Garriott (1969), and in other more recent books, (1990), Hargreaves (1979), and Budden (1985). A few of the radio techniques have been described by Hargreaves (1979) and a book by Giraud and Petit (1978) has also included discussion of several of the techniques. The "WITS" handbook No. 2 (1989) also contains description of several radio techniques.

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by Robert D. Hunsucker.

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