The ionospheric sounder and its place in the history of radio science
- 1 November 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Radio Science
- Vol. 11 (11) , 847-860
- https://doi.org/10.1029/rs011i011p00847
Abstract
It is suggested that Breit and Tuve's 1925 application of pulses to ionospheric sounding, which led to the most widely used form of radar, also gave rise to a scientific instrument whose utility, flexibility, and general suitability for intended applications place it on a par with such familiar and standard devices as the telescope or spectrograph. By way of background, there is included a discussion of the circumstances attendant upon the first measurement of ionospheric layer height, which took place in 1912.Keywords
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