Abstract
The morphology of scintillation fading is developed for HF and VHF radio waves which have traversed the ionosphere at high latitudes. Forms are indicated for the variation of the depth of fading with sub-ionospheric latitude, geomagnetic conditions, seasonal and diurnal time and solar cycle. Techniques are suggested for normalizing data obtained by different observatories with varying radio frequency or geometric parameters. Interdependence of several parameters indicates that a common cause controls the details of their behaviour.
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Allen, R.S. (1968). Morphology of Fading of Radio Waves Traversing the Auroral Ionosphere. In: Folkestad, K. (eds) Ionospheric Radio Communications. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5511-1_24
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