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Internal Guiding of Microwaves by an Elevated Tropospheric Layer
Author(s) -
Wait James R.,
Spies Kenneth P.
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/rs004i004p00319
Subject(s) - microwave , attenuation , troposphere , optics , refractive index , inversion (geology) , dielectric , layer (electronics) , materials science , physics , computational physics , atmospheric sciences , geology , optoelectronics , paleontology , quantum mechanics , structural basin , composite material
The waveguide modes guided by a smooth concave tropospheric layer are considered. The model is chosen so that the effective dielectric susceptibility is a linear segmented function of height. The calculations are made explicitly for a model that is linear with height except for a single inversion layer. It is shown that such a layer will support whispering‐gallery or earth‐detached modes with exceedingly small attenuation even when the refractive index contrast is four or five N units.