Systems and methods for adaptive beyond line of sight (blos) communications via evaporation duct

A method for adaptive communication through an evaporation duct (ED), the method comprising:

• receiving, via a communications interface of a communications node, location data and timing data associated with a transmission via at least one antenna element of the communications node through an evaporation duct (ED) environment to at least one receiving (Rx) target beyond line of sight of the communications node, the ED environment associated with at least one body of water;
• receiving, via the communications interface, climatic data associated with the ED environment;
• modelling, via the communications interface and based on the received climatic data, one or more environmental conditions associated with the ED environment;
• generating, via the communications interface and based on the one or more modelled environmental conditions, an ED propagation model comprising a plurality of transmitting (Tx) frequencies, each Tx frequency associated with at least one of a signal loss or a transmission range;
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• selecting, via the communications interface and based on the ED propagation model, an optimal Tx frequency for use in association with the transmission.