Moskva, Russian Federation
Sadovsky Institute of Geospheres Dynamics of RAS
Moskva, Russian Federation
Moscow, Moscow, Russian Federation
Moskva, Russian Federation
Moskva, Russian Federation
Moskva, Russian Federation
We review modern HF–X band radars covering over-the-horizon problems. The ionosphere significantly affects wave propagation in all the bands. We describe available correction techniques, which use additional evidence on the ionosphere, as well as models of different degrees of complexity. The fact that the field of view cannot be covered by ground-based instruments as well as the growing requirements to the precision and stability of the radars result in the impossibility of ionospheric correction with up-to-date models, hence the latter require further elaboration. We give a virtually full classification of the models. The article summarizes the requirements to the models for the radars depending on their function.
radar aids, ionospheric models
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