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Frequency correlation of fluctuations of short-wave signals in the theory of refractive scattering of radiowaves in the ionosphere

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We consider the problem of frequency correlation of phase fluctuations of HF signals reflecte from a turbulent ionospheric layer with an arbitrary profile of electron density in vertical and oblique sounding of the ionosphere. Expressions for evaluation of the coherence band of HF signals reflected from a randomly inhomogeneous ionosphere are obtained. Calculation results are compared with corresponding calculations of frequency correlation of fluctuations of HF radiowaves in Buker's theory of refractive scattering of radiowaves. It is shown, in particular, that the influence of splitting of rays for waves with different frequencies in an inhomogeneous ionosphere on the frequency distortions of HF signals prevails compared with the phenomenon of frequency decorrelation of fluctuating HF signals propagating in a free space beyond a turbulent ionospheric layer.

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  1. V. A. Alimov
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Radiophysical Research Institute, Nizhny Novgorod. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 38, No. 9, pp. 893–900, September, 1995.

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Alimov, V.A. Frequency correlation of fluctuations of short-wave signals in the theory of refractive scattering of radiowaves in the ionosphere. Radiophys Quantum Electron 38, 581–585 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01037839

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