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An Approach To Azimuth Angle Refraction Corrections, Wallis R. Cramond
An Approach To Azimuth Angle Refraction Corrections, Wallis R. Cramond
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In the past, analyses of tropospheric reactions of electromagnetic waves propagating in the atmosphere have been based on spherically symmetric medium. However, this applies only to ray bending in a vertical plane (elevation angles). Numerous methods have been developed to correct for elevation angle errors. In 1961, the presentation of a new method for use in a nonsymmetric atmosphere revived interest in horizontal (azimuth angle) bending. In order to use this method to test significance of azimuth angle errors, the spacial distribution of index of refraction must be known.
The primary objective of this paper is to propose a model …