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Prediction on operating range of passive troposcatter detection system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2018

Zan Liu  and
Xihong Chen
Zan Liu*
Affiliation:
Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710051, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
Xihong Chen
Affiliation:
Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an 710051, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
*
Author for correspondence: Zan Liu, E-mail: kgdliuzan@163.com
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Abstract

Electromagnetic wave of enemy radar propagated by troposcatter is a valuable candidate for beyond line-of-sight detection. There is no analytical study considering the operating range of passive troposcatter detection system. In this paper, we study the way to predict the operating range, which is dominated by propagation loss. The key propagation loss models including statistic model and real-time model are analyzed. During deducing the latter loss model, Hopfield model is introduced to precisely describe the tropospheric refractivity. Meanwhile, rain attenuation is also taken into consideration. Several examples demonstrate the feasibility of predicting operating range through the proposed method.

Keywords

Operating rangepassive troposcatter detection systempropagation losstropospheric refractivity
Type
Research Papers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 2019 , pp. 22 - 26
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2018 

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