Definition of a quality factor for single site location estimates

作者：Coetzee Petrus J^*; du Plessis Warren P

来源：Radio Science, 2016, 51(6): 555-562.

DOI：10.1002/2015RS005799

• single site location
• interferometric direction finding
• ray tracing
• International Reference Ionosphere (IRI)
• sky wave
• high frequency (HF)

A technique to estimate the performance of single site location (SSL) based on high-frequency direction finding for reigning ionospheric propagation conditions is described. This technique is based on classic propagation information (maximum useable frequency, frequency for optimum traffic, optimum working frequency, highest possible frequency, lowest possible frequency, etc.) which can be deduced by ray tracing through an ionospheric model such as the International Reference Ionosphere. The correlation between the elevation angle measured by an interferometric direction finder and the angles corresponding to the propagation conditions is used to assign a quality factor to the calculated SSL ground range result.

• 出版日期2016-6