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Authors: Scotto, C.* 
Settimi, A.* 
Title: The calculation of ionospheric absorption with modern computers
Journal: Advances in space research 
Series/Report no.: 8/54 (2014)
Publisher: Elsevier Science Limited
Issue Date: 15-Oct-2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2014.06.017
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117714003792
Keywords: Appleton-Hartree formula
more refined quasi-longitudinal approximation
usually employed non-deviative absorption
Booker’s rule
Subject Classification01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.99. General or miscellaneous 
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.01. Ion chemistry and composition 
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.04. Plasma Physics 
01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.05. Wave propagation 
05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.99. General or miscellaneous 
05. General::05.01. Computational geophysics::05.01.05. Algorithms and implementation 
05. General::05.05. Mathematical geophysics::05.05.99. General or miscellaneous 
Abstract: New outcomes are proposed for ionospheric absorption starting from the Appleton-Hartree formula, in its complete form. The range of applicability is discussed for the approximate formulae, which are usually employed in the calculation of non-deviative absorption coefficient. These results were achieved by performing a more refined approximation that is valid under quasi-longitudinal (QL) propagation conditions. The more refined QL approximation and the usually employed non-deviative absorption are compared with that derived from a complete formulation. Their expressions, nothing complicated, can usefully be implemented in a software program running on modern computers. Moreover, the importance of considering Booker’s rule is highlighted. A radio link of ground range D = 1000 km was also simulated using ray tracing for a sample daytime ionosphere. Finally, some estimations of the integrated absorption for the radio link considered are provided for different frequencies.
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