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Reflection and Transmission in the Ionosphere Considering Collisions in a First Approximation

Ali Yesil,

Prof. Ali Yesil

Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Firat University

Turkey

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Mehmet Aydogdu,

Dr. Mehmet Aydogdu

Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Firat University

Turkey

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Ana Elias

Dr. Ana Elias

Dpto. de Fisica

Universidad Nacional de Tucuman

Argentina

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 1, 93-99, 2008

doi:10.2528/PIERL07111303 | Google Scholar

Abstract

Reflection and transmission coefficients (R and T) of high frequency waves propagating in the ionosphere are studied taking collisions into account. This was done approximating the expression (1 + Z²)^-1 in the refractive index using binomial expansion and neglecting terms of order higher than Z², where Z is the ratio between the electron collision frequency and the wave frequency. R and T height profiles were assessed using the International Reference Ionosphere, IRI, to estimate the ionosphere plasma parameters. Although no significant differences are found between the estimation with and without collisions, the method employed to include collisions may be useful for other purposes where collisions should be taken into account.

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Ali Yesil, Mehmet Aydogdu, and Ana Elias, "Reflection and Transmission in the Ionosphere Considering Collisions in a First Approximation," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 1, 93-99, 2008.
doi:10.2528/PIERL07111303

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