(1) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece;(2) Hellenic Naval Academy, Chair of Electronics, 18503 Piraeus, Greece
Abstract:
In this work, a transionospheric propagation model is presented. The application analyzed here uses data from the Rome ionospheric station together with data from the theoretical IRI-95 and MSIS-E-90 models, in order to simulate the ionosphere. Using formulas from ionospheric propagation theory, these data form the wave equation, which is solved by means of the finite element method. Post-processing of the solution leads to the determination of the main wave propagation parameters.
