Transformation of the spatial spectrum of scattered radio waves in the conductive equatorial ionosphere

Abstract

The oblique radio wave incidence on a turbulent equatorial conductive collision plasma layer is considered. The “Compensation Effect” has been discovered by us. A complex refractive index of the equatorial terrestrial ionosphere has been derived for the first time. Second-order statistical moments of the spatial power spectrum (SPS) of scattered radio waves are obtained for the first time using the WKB method, taking into account the asymmetry of the problem: the inclined incidence of the wave on a plasma boundary and the asymmetry of the magneto-ionic parameters. It was established for the first time that a certain direction exists along which the inclined incidence radio wave on a plasma layer and the anisotropy parameters of a magnetoplasma compensate each other. This result will have great practical application in communication. In this case, the SPS of scattered radio waves neither widens nor is its maximum displaced. The behavior of this spectrum versus distance propagated by radio waves in the conductive equatorial ionosphere is analyzed numerically for different penetration angles and anisotropy factors of asymmetric anisotropy electron density irregularities. It was shown that the anisotropy factor of elongated plasmonic structures has a substantial influence on the “Compensation Effect” of scattered ordinary and extraordinary waves penetrating in the conductive collision ionospheric plasma the slab. Numerical calculations are carried out for the anisotropic Gaussian correlation function applying IRI experimental data.