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Ground-based Doppler radio-frequency refractometry of the atmosphere

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An exact relationship between the Doppler shift of a satellite signal and astronomical refraction is used to reduce the problem of reconstruction of the altitude profile of the refractive index to an inverse refraction problem. The range of observation angles in which measurements are informative is determined. Mathematical modeling is used to obtain statistical estimates of the possible reconstruction accuracy for various sets of climatic conditions, and the required accuracy for measurement of Doppler frequency and satellite orbit parameters is determined.

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Scientific-Research Radio-Physics Institute. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 35, Nos. 3, 4, pp. 211–219, March–April, 1992.

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Gaikovich, K.P. Ground-based Doppler radio-frequency refractometry of the atmosphere. Radiophys Quantum Electron 35, 149–154 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01038018

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