Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Institutes for Environmental Research.
2. United States. Environmental Science Services Administration.
3. Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and Aeronomy (U.S.), issuing body.

Description

1. iv, 57, A66 p. illus., tables.; 27 cm.

Summary

1. Atmospheric effects on multiple-frequency range measurement techniques are examined on the basis of geometrical optics. Analyses are made for both the dual frequency case (two optical wavelengths) and the triple-frequency case (two optical and one radio wavelength); separate consideration is given to the ground-to-ground and ground-to-air or ground-to-space configurations. The results indicate that for the ground-to-ground case accuracies of from 2 parts in 108 to 6 parts in 107 can be achieved, depending on the method used and the meteorological conditions encountered, while for the ground-to-space case the accuracies attainable would range from 2 mm times sec z0 for the dual-frequency technique (where z0 is the true zenith angle to the upper terminal, and the formulae given are restricted to z0 smaller than about 80°).

Series statement

1. ESSA technical report IER ; 56. ITSA ; 53

Uniform title

1. ESSA technical report ; IER 56.
2. ESSA technical report IER ; 56.
3. ESSA technical report IER. ITSA ; 53.

Subject

1. Atmospheric radio refractivity > Measurement > Charts, diagrams, etc
2. Electromagnetic waves > Diffraction > Measurement
3. Atmospheric radio refractivity > Measurement

Genre/Form

1. Charts, diagrams, etc.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. At head of title: U.S. Department of Commerce Environmental Science Services Administration. Institutes for Environmental Research.
2. "Sponsored by ARPA, United States Army Advanced Research Projects Agency and RIGS, Research Institute for Geodetic Science."

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-57).