Title: The interaction of pulsed radio waves in the ionosphere
Abstract: Preliminary daytime measurements of radio-wave interaction in the lower ionosphere with pulse transmitters are described. Interpretation of the results with the aid of the theory of Bailey and Martyn (1934a, 1934b, 1935) yields the collision frequency, the electron density, and the energy-loss coefficient G. The resulting collision frequencies are in substantial agreement with results based on laboratory measurements by Crompton, Huxley, and Sutton (1953), and with a value obtained from the observation of partial reflections by Gardner and Pawsey (1953). The electron densities are near the values of Gardner and Pawsey. The value obtained for G is very much higher than those resulting from laboratory measurements (Crompton, Huxley, and Sutton, 1953). The latter apply, however, to high excess electron energies, while the excess electron energy during the present measurements was low. The results of the observations described in this paper appear to lend support to the original form of the theory of Bailey and Martyn and not to its alternative development recently suggested by Huxley (1953).
Publication Year: 1955
Publication Date: 1955-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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