Two-Frequency Coherence Function for the Field of a Wave Propagating Through a Multiscale Randomly Inhomogeneous Medium

Autor: M. V. Tinin
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics. 61:259-271
ISSN: 1573-9120
0033-8443
DOI: 10.1007/s11141-018-9887-2
Popis: We study the possibilities of integral representation for the two-frequency mutual coherence function of the wave field in a randomly inhomogeneous ionosphere. The integral representation was obtained using the Double Weighted Fourier Transform (DWFT) method. We point out that the conditions of validity of the geometrical-optics approximation for frequency coherence are weaker than the same condition for individual samples. Examples of calculation of the frequency coherence functions for waves in the ionospheric plasma with the irregularities described by the Gaussian spectrum and Shkarofsky’s model are given. Simulation results show that diffraction effects reduce the width of the frequency coherence function. The capabilities of the methods for spatial processing of the wave field and its two-frequency mutual coherence function, which eliminate these effects through the Fresnel and DWFT inversions, are examined.
Databáze: OpenAIRE