Telecommunications and Radio Engineering

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2003, Volume60

Issue 10-12

194 pages

DOI: 10.1615/TelecomRadEng.v60.i1012

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V. I. Lutsenko
A. Usikov Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 12, Academician Proskura St., Kharkov 61085, Ukraine

Ye. N. Belov
A. Usikov Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 12, Academician Proskura St., Kharkov 61085, Ukraine

I. V. Lutsenko
A. Usikov Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 12, Academician Proskura St., Kharkov 61085, Ukraine

S. I. Khomenko
A. Usikov Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 12, Academician Proskura St., Kharkov 61085, Ukraine

A technique of the troposphere refraction properties estimation by attenuation factor of the TV signals on over-the-horizon path is proposed. The experimental results of attenuation factor and their statistical performances on over-the-horizon paths in the diffraction and long-distance tropospheric zones are presented. Using the approach proposed, these performances are recalculated in terms of equivalent gradients of the refraction factor. A comparison with the troposphere performance direct measurements using the spheres-probes was carried out. Seasonal and daily variability of the refraction gradients and attenuation was investigated. The empirical dependences of attenuation factor fluctuations variance on the effective gradient of the troposphere refraction coefficient index were derived.

DOI: 10.1615/TelecomRadEng.v60.i1012.10 Download article, 14 pages

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