UAG-93: Chapters 1 to 5 - URSI

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O-TRACE ONLY
O AND X-TRACES
400
350
a
c 300
F
24n
E 200
150
100
50
1.0 ?.o 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 1.0 ?.4 3.0 +.o 5.0 6.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0
FREQUENCY in MHz.
Profiles calculated from digital data obtained with the NOM Dyrasonde.
The program used includes automatic'identificatjon and analysis of sporadic E traces. Enror
boxes at the layer peaks are based on the peak fitting errors returned by P0LAN. The center
curve is the normal analysis in whicn P0LAN selects only those extraordinary ray data which
are useful for start and valley calculations. The right hand curve uses all ordinary and
extraordinary data -- this js not normal ly recommended since differences in echo occurrence.
and horizontal separation o'the rays,.an proouce a oislor!eo profi)e.
Acknowledgements: Some of the work descrjbed in this report was carrted out whije the author
was a guest worker at the N0AA Space Envi r onment Laboratories, BoLrlder, Colorado. I am
grateful to Dr. L. F. McNamara for his assistance in the final preparation of this reDorr.
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