COMPARISON OF RADIO-METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS 

 Table 6.6. Summary of correlations 



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♦Category 



l = Unstratifled. 



2= Ground-based duct. 



3 = Elevated layer. 



4 = Subrefractive layer. 

 5=1 through 4 combined. 



6= All data for period of record. 



The above data also allow one to evaluate a parameter of the form 



H, = age-^ bW, 



which is analogous to Misme's recently suggested M parameter [19]. The 

 parameter Hi given above is physically more realistic for radio purposes 

 since it incorporates a mea.sure of the refractive index turbulence rather 

 than thermal stability. The correlations obtained between field strength 

 and Hi are 



WENR-TV: 

 WBKB-TV : 



0.46 

 0.44 



which represents, for the significant figures carried, no improvement over 

 the use of 11 alone. This last analysis suggests that it might be desirable 

 to consider other combinations such as 



H. = a.AN + 62 n. 



The correlations for this case are: 



WENR-TV: 0.49 

 WBKB-TV: 0.44 



which represents a slight improvement over IT alone. 



