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The problem of radiosignal reflection from a plane layered isotropic ionosphere has been considered. The vertical sounding ionograms for ionospheric layers with a complicated structure have been modeled. It has been demonstrated that the structure of reflected signals depends on the degree of ionospheric irregularities. Diffuse reflection of radiosignals, caused by the vertical irregularity of the ionosphere, has been detected.
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Original Russian Text © E.V. Golikova, V.E. Kunitsyn, I.A. Nesterov, 2008, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2008, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 109–115.
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Golikova, E.V., Kunitsyn, V.E. & Nesterov, I.A. Modeling of vertical sounding ionograms for nonmonotonous ionospheric layers. Geomagn. Aeron. 48, 104–110 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001679320801012X
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