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Orthogonality of VLF Height Gains in the Earth Ionosphere Waveguide
Author(s) -
Pappert R. A.,
Smith R. R.
Publication year - 1972
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/rs007i002p00275
Subject(s) - earth–ionosphere waveguide , waveguide , orthogonality , ionosphere , consistency (knowledge bases) , anisotropy , physics , optics , mathematics , geophysics , geometry , ionospheric absorption
Orthogonality conditions satisfied by the height gain functions governing VLF fields in the vertically inhomogeneous, anisotropic earth ionosphere waveguide are discussed. It is pointed out that these orthogonality conditions which in general involve both the height gains for the given waveguide and those of an appropriate ‘adjoint’ waveguide can serve as a sensitive test for numerical consistency in full wave calculations of waveguide parameters.