Date of Award
3-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Department of Engineering Physics
First Advisor
Daniel Emmons, PhD
Abstract
A phase screen simulation experiment is designed and implemented to model radio occultation through sporadic-E ionospheric disturbances between a GPS transmitter operating at the L1 frequency and a second receiving satellite in low earth orbit (LEO). Simulations were made to test the linear relationship between plasma intensity and scintillation S4 index both posited (Arras and Wickert, 2018) and contended (Gooch et al., 2020) in previous literature. Results brought into question both the linear relationship and the use of S4 as a whole and an alternate metric was sought.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-ENP-MS-20-M-117
DTIC Accession Number
AD1107404
Recommended Citation
Stambovsky, Daniel W., "Simulation of Sporadic-E Parameters Using Phase Screen Method" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 3889.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/3889