A Simulation of the Reception of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Signals in Low Earth Orbit

Table 1

Atmospheric effects for an ADS-B signal with an elevation angle of 30°.

Effect	Value
Faraday rotation	12.5°
Time delay	26 ns
Time delay dispersion	83 ps
Phase dispersion	16.3°
Ionospheric scintillation	Up to −20 dB at the geomagnetic equator at equinox
Ionospheric absorption	Negligible
Gaseous absorption	−0.114 dB in rain for multipath case
Particulate	−0.017 dB in 100 mm/hr rain
Tropospheric scintillation	Negligible for elevation angles >1°