Propagation model for nowcasting of HF communications with aircraft on polar routes

Airlines use the polar routes because for some flights the shortest route (the great circle) takes them over the polar regions. However, a lack of VHF ground stations over the oceans and within polar regions means that aircraft have to rely on long-range HF communications via the ionosphere. The ion...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Al-Behadili, Hasanain Abbas Hasan
Other Authors: Warrington, Michael ; Stocker, Alan
Published: University of Leicester 2018
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.755350