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It has already been shown experimentally (fig. 3.1) that, for a short path length, there is a significant random variation of the measured bearing from the long term mean bearing which, in the absence of systematic lateral tilts of the ionosphere, is along the great circle path. The problem to be considered is whether the effects of a large number of small random deviations can build up over a long path to give incoming directions which are significantly different from great circle directions.
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Whale, H.A. (1969). Random Deviations from Great Circle Paths. In: Effects of Ionospheric Scattering on Very-Long-Distance Radio Communication. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6545-5_7
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