POLARIZATION INDEPENDENCE OF AMPLITUDE SCINTILLATION

Otung and Evans presented some results of slant path scintillation mea surements from Sparsholt (UK) which indicate that tropospheric scintil lation is dependent on polarisation angle. However, results from Kirkk onummi (Finland), Lessive (Belgium) and Darmstadt (Germany), which are presented, do not show any significant polarisation dependence. The t heoretical basis given by Otung and Evans is studied further, showing that tropospheric scintilation is not expected to be significantly inf luenced by polarisation angle.