Space Radio Science

Abstract

Preface. I: Radio Wave Propagation in Communications to Earth-Orbiting Satellites. Propagation of Free Radio Waves. Absorption and Fluctuations of Meter Radio Waves in the Ionoshere. Attenuation and Fluctuations of Centi- and Millimeter Radio Waves in the Troposphere. Refraction of Radio Waves. Time Delay of Radio Signals in the Atmosphere and Ionosphere. Phase Fluctuations of Radio Signals in the Ionosphere and Troposphere. Effect of the Atmosphere Ionosphere on Radio Frequency. Techniques for Monitoring the Earth's Ionosphere with Satellite Signals. References. II: Investigations of Planetary Atmospheres and Ionospheres by the Radio Occulation Technique. Direct Problem of the Radio Occultation Investigations of Planetary Atmospheres and Ionospheres. Inverse Problems of the Radio Occultation Investigations of Planetary Atmospheres and Ionospheres. Radio Occultation Investigations of the Martian and Venusian Atmospheres and Ionospheres. Investigations of the Earth's Atmosphere and Ionosphere by the Radio Occultation Technique. Radio Occultation Investigations of Giant Planets. Some Radio Occultation Data on the Plasmas of Minor Bodies in the Solar System. References. III: Radio Sounding of the Circumsolar and Interplanetary Plasma. Radio Wave Time Delay and Electron Density Distribution in Plasma. Refraction and Frequency Shift in the Circumsolar Plasma. Faraday Effect. Autocorrelation Functions of the Amplitude and Phase Fluctuations of Radio Waves. Amplitude Fluctuations of Radio Waves and Plasma Inhomogeneties. Phase Fluctuations of Radio Waves. Frequency Fluctuations and Spectral Line Broadening. Investigation of the Solar Wind by Radio Sounding Methods. References. IV: Radar Observations of Planets and Asteroids. General Relations. Reflection of Radio Waves from a Sphere. Scattering of Radio Waves from a Rough Surface. Backscattering of Radio Waves from Planets and Asteroids. Reflection of Radio Waves in Bistatic Remote Sensing. Side-Looking Radar Technique for Studying Planetary Surfaces. References. V: Conditions of Radio Communications in Space. Conditions of Radio Communications in the Solar System. Radio Communications and Propagation of Radio Waves in the Galaxy. Propagation of Radio Waves in Gravitational Fields. References. Subject Index.