Faraday rotation in meteor burst communication

Author

Brown, David W.

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Corp., Falls Church, VA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

4-7 Nov 1991

Firstpage

463

Abstract

A previously reported physical model of meteor burst propagation has been upgraded to include interalia, Faraday rotation. The author describes the model enhancement and presents results of an analysis of several links on which polarization rotation has been reported or might be expected. Model results are presented as a function of sun spot activity, distance from the magnetic pole, path length, and path azimuth with respect to magnetic north to illustrate the wide range of circumstances under which Faraday rotation is important to meteor burst communication

Keywords

Faraday effect; electromagnetic wave polarisation; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; meteor burst communications; radiowave propagation; Faraday rotation; interalia; ionosphere; magnetic north; magnetic pole; meteor burst communication; path azimuth; path length; polarization rotation; radiowave propagation; sun spot activity; Azimuth; Context modeling; Degradation; Drives; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Reflection; Sun; Systems engineering and theory; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1991. MILCOM '91, Conference Record, Military Communications in a Changing World., IEEE

Conference_Location

McLean, VA

Print_ISBN

0-87942-691-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1991.258296

Filename

258296