Systematic errors in VLF direction-finding of whistler ducts—II

Strangeways, H.J; Rycroft, M.J. 1980 Systematic errors in VLF direction-finding of whistler ducts—II. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, 42 (11-12). 1009-1023. https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9169(80)90114-2

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Abstract/Summary

In the previous paper (Strangeways, 1980) it was shown that the systematic error in the azimuthal bearing due to multipath propagation and incident wave polarisation (when this also constitutes an error) was given by only three different forms for all VLF direction-finders currently used to investigate the position of whistler ducts. In this paper the magnitude of this error is investigated for different ionospheric and ground parameters for these three different systematic error types. By incorporating an ionosphere for which the refractive index is given by the full Appleton-Hartree formula, the variation of the systematic error with ionospheric electron density and latitude and direction of propagation is investigated in addition to the variation with wave frequency, ground conductivity and dielectric constant and distance of propagation. The systematic bearing error is also investigated for the three methods when the azimuthal bearing is averaged over a 2 kHz bandwidth. This is found to lead to a significantly smaller bearing error which, for the crossed-loops goniometer, approximates the bearing error calculated when phase-dependent terms in the receiver response are ignored.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9169(80)90114-2
ISSN:	00219169
Date made live:	10 Sep 2019 10:43 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525043

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