Formation of Amplitude and Polarization Characteristics of Short Waves during Propagation in the Ionosphere

Abstract

Abstract—The paper inverstigates variation in the parameters of the complex amplitude vector of narrowband signals along ray trajectories as applied to short waves in a three-dimensionally inhomogeneous anisotropic ionosphere plasma. Numerical experiments are conducted, as well as analysis of the polarization and amplitude characteristics of ordinary and extraordinary waves depending on the position of the source, the carrier frequency of the signal, the angular coordinates of the radiation and geophysical conditions.