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Comparison Between Formulas for Ionospheric Radio Propagation and Atmospheric Wave Propagation
Author(s) -
Davies Kenneth,
Baker Donald M.,
Chang Norman J. F.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs004i003p00231
Subject(s) - whistler , ionosphere , physics , radio wave , gravitational wave , wave propagation , radio propagation , gravity wave , computational physics , ionospheric propagation , high frequency , geophysics , ionospheric absorption , radio science , atmospheric wave , electron , optics , astrophysics , astronomy , quantum mechanics
Attention is drawn to similarities between certain magnetoionic formulas in ionospheric radio propagation and corresponding formulas for acoustic‐gravity waves. Acoustic waves are similar to radio waves with frequencies above the electron gyrofrequency, whereas gravity waves are similar to whistlers.