A digital simulation of the statistical properties of ionospheric scintillation

Author

William Frederick Deckelman

Abstract

"This thesis shows that a bandlimited bivariate-normal time series is a useful model for the envelope of scintillating radio signals traversing the ionosphere. A software computer model is designed and its parameters varied to obtain good fits of the fade duration distribution of the time series generated by the model with that of an actual block of ionospheric scintillation data. The power spectrum of the actual time series corresponding to the in-phase and phase quadrature components of ionospheric scintillation is shown to lie between that of a first- and second-order Butterworth filter through comparison with model generated data"--Abstract, page ii.

Advisor(s)

Ziemer, Rodger E.

Committee Member(s)

Cunningham, David R.
Engelhardt, Max

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

1974

Pagination

x, 107 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 59).

Rights

© 1974 William Frederick Deckelman, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Radio waves -- Scintillation -- Computer simulationIonospheric radio wave propagationTime-series analysis

Thesis Number

T 2953

Print OCLC #

6023182

Electronic OCLC #

911519021

Recommended Citation

Deckelman, William Frederick, "A digital simulation of the statistical properties of ionospheric scintillation" (1974). Masters Theses. 4202.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/4202