Distributions of underdense meteor trail amplitudes and application to meteor scatter communication system design
- 1 January 1990
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 237-240
- https://doi.org/10.1109/pccc.1990.101626
Abstract
Analysis of data from recent experiments leads to the observation that distributions of underdense meteor-trail peak signal amplitudes differ from classic predictions. The distribution of trail amplitudes in decibels relative to 1 W (dBw) is considered, and it is shown that Lindberg's theorem can be used to apply the central limit theorem to this problem. Distributions of underdense meteor-trail amplitudes at six frequencies are compared with a Gaussian model. Implications of the Gaussian assumption on the design of communication systems are discussed.Keywords
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