Numerical simulation of propagation of short waves with consideration for the terrestrial magnetic field and the IRI-2012 model of the global distribution of the electron density

Abstract

Based on the IRI-2012 global model of the electron density distribution in the Earth ionosphere and the D.S. Lukin bicharacteristic system of ordinary differential equations taking into account the terrestrial magnetic field specified by the World Magnetic Model, a numerical algorithm for calculation of the ray and caustic structure, the group delay, and the intensity of the short-wave field is implemented. The obtained numerical results and experimental data on remote sensing over short and long paths are compared.