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Propagation of Radio Waves Over a Nonuniform Layered Medium
Author(s) -
Bahar E.
Publication year - 1970
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/rs005i007p01069
Subject(s) - surface wave , wave propagation , amplitude , overburden , physics , mechanical wave , coupling (piping) , radio wave , surface (topology) , electromagnetic radiation , set (abstract data type) , acoustics , longitudinal wave , optics , geology , mathematics , geometry , computer science , materials science , quantum mechanics , mining engineering , metallurgy , programming language
Propagation of radio waves over the surface of a stratified medium with an overburden of arbitrarily varying depth is analyzed in terms of a complete local set of coupled wave amplitudes. The complete set consists of the surface wave and the radiation terms. To reduce the coupling between the component waves, the local modal expansion that is chosen reflects the varying characteristics of the surface wave structure. Comparisons with earlier solutions to somewhat idealized, related problems are given, together with a discussion of recent experimental results.