TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RADIO ENGINEERING - 2010 Vol. 69,
No 5 		 

 

 

 

The Diffraction Model of Wave Propagation in Elevation Measurement of a Radiation Source


V.B. Razskazovskiy & Y.F. Logvinov
A. Usikov Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
12, Academician Proskura St., Kharkiv 61085, Ukraine
Address all correspondence to V.B. Razskazovskiy E-mail: vadimr@ire.kharkov.ua

Abstract
The approximation of the multiple Fresnel diffraction in half-planes has been applied to analyze specific features of microwave source location over the sea with wind waves at the small grazing angles and low altitudes. It has been proven that the present model conforms to the experimental data on measuring the transmitter elevation at the altitudes comparable with the sea wave height.

KEY WORDS: diffraction, sea surface, small grazing angles



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