The resolution of modal Doppler shifts in a dispersive oceanic waveguide

1990 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 268-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee Chun Song ◽  
A. B. Baggeroer
Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 680
Author(s):  
Chris D. Boone ◽  
Johnathan Steffen ◽  
Jeff Crouse ◽  
Peter F. Bernath

Line-of-sight wind profiles are derived from Doppler shifts in infrared solar occultation measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier transform spectrometers (ACE-FTS), the primary instrument on SCISAT, a satellite-based mission for monitoring the Earth’s atmosphere. Comparisons suggest a possible eastward bias from 20 m/s to 30 m/s in ACE-FTS results above 80 km relative to some datasets but no persistent bias relative to other datasets. For instruments operating in a limb geometry, looking through a wide range of altitudes, smearing of the Doppler effect along the line of sight can impact the measured signal, particularly for saturated absorption lines. Implications of Doppler effect smearing are investigated for forward model calculations and volume mixing ratio retrievals. Effects are generally small enough to be safely ignored, except for molecules having a large overhang in their volume mixing ratio profile, such as carbon monoxide.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 4049
Author(s):  
Thomas Ameloot ◽  
Marc Moeneclaey ◽  
Patrick Van Van Torre ◽  
Hendrik Rogier

Long-range, low-power wireless technologies such as LoRa have been shown to exhibit excellent performance when applied in body-centric wireless applications. However, the robustness of LoRa technology to Doppler spread has recently been called into question by a number of researchers. This paper evaluates the impact of static and dynamic Doppler shifts on a simulated LoRa symbol detector and two types of simulated LoRa receivers. The results are interpreted specifically for body-centric applications and confirm that, in most application environments, pure Doppler effects are unlikely to severely disrupt wireless communication, confirming previous research, which stated that the link deteriorations observed in a number of practical LoRa measurement campaigns would mainly be caused by multipath fading effects. Yet, dynamic Doppler shifts, which occur as a result of the relative acceleration between communicating nodes, are also shown to contribute to link degradation. This is especially so for higher LoRa spreading factors and larger packet sizes.


A theory is developed which describes the scattering of radio waves by the random thermal fluctuations of electron density in a collision-free plasma. The frequency spectrum, as well as the amplitude, of the scattered radiation is calculated. Particular attention is paid to the part of the spectrum which corresponds to small Doppler shifts, this being the region of greatest significance in connexion with the phenomenon of incoherent scattering from the ionosphere. The calculations are based on a generalized version of Nyquist’s noise theorem, and they lead to the following conclusions: (1) The mean scattering cross-section for the ionosphere is equal to that which would exist if each of the electrons scattered independently with a cross-section of one-half the classical Thomson cross-section. (2) The mean Doppler broadening of the scattered signal corresponds roughly to the speed of the ions rather than to that of the electrons. (3) The spectral shape of this signal is not Gaussian. There is a mild maximum in the spectrum away from the central frequency, as can be seen in figure 1. (4) Plasma resonance effects contribute only negligibly to the scattering for frequencies currently of interest.


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