Title | Implementation of a point-to-point ray tracer |
Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
Year of Conference | 2021 |
Authors | Driggers, S, Kaeppler, SR |
Conference Name | HamSCI Workshop 2021 |
Date Published | 03/2021 |
Publisher | HamSCI |
Conference Location | Scranton, PA (Virtual) |
Abstract | Most ray tracers treat the problem as a Hamiltonian optics problem given an index of refraction, i.e., the ionosphere in this case. However, Coleman 2011 developed a method for ray tracing that used a direct variation method. The advantage of this method is that the endpoints of the ray remained fixed, while in more standard ray tracer, rays are launched until a link is made between the transmitter and receiver. Development of this method may provide a potentially efficient method for determining the link between a transmitter receiver pair, given a model ionosphere. We present efforts toward implementing the methodology described by Coleman 2011. |
URL | https://hamsci2021-uscranton.ipostersessions.com/?s=3A-71-3B-21-F1-51-7F-5B-44-BE-57-61-1A-79-02-6B |
Refereed Designation | Non-Refereed |