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An ionospheric ray tracing technique
Author(s) -
Cummack C. H.
Publication year - 1980
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/rs015i006p01121
Subject(s) - ray tracing (physics) , ionosphere , radio wave , physics , reflection (computer programming) , tracing , beam tracing , geophysics , electromagnetic radiation , trace (psycholinguistics) , optics , wave propagation , magnetic field , distributed ray tracing , geology , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , quantum mechanics , programming language , operating system
The method of Jones used for the ray tracing of internal gravity waves has been applied to radio waves in the ionosphere. This method avoids problems usually encountered near a reflection point and, consequently, may be used to trace both reflected and refracted rays. The method is particularly efficient when the propagation effects of the magnetic field are neglected.