The optimum conditions of radio sounding of ionosphere for detecting and monitoring of explosions

Author

Drobzheva, Ya.V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Ionosphere, Acad. of Sci., Almaty, Kazakhstan

fYear

1999

fDate

23-25 Feb 1999

Abstract

To determine the optimum conditions of radio sounding of the ionosphere for the remote monitoring of an explosion it is necessary to work out the “adequate for experiment” model of acoustic wave propagation from Earth´s surface to ionosphere heights, then, the interaction of the acoustic waves with the ionosphere, and to determine the variations of the Doppler shift of the radio wave. Such a model has been worked out at the Institute of Ionosphere. The model has been tested using acoustic and Doppler shift measurements during the Mill Race experiment (surface chemical explosion, power about 500 tons TNT, U.S.A., 1981)

Keywords

Doppler radar; acoustic wave propagation; atmospheric acoustics; explosions; ionospheric disturbances; remote sensing by radar; 110 to 200 km; Doppler shift; Institute of Ionosphere; acoustic wave propagation; detection; explosions; ionosphere; monitoring; radio sounding; radio wave; remote monitoring; surface chemical explosion; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic propagation; Acoustic testing; Acoustic waves; Doppler shift; Earth; Explosions; Ionosphere; Remote monitoring; Surface acoustic waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Science Conference, 1999. NRSC '99. Proceedings of the Sixteenth National

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

977-5031-62-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRSC.1999.760946

Filename

760946