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Rays and modes in a nonuniform troposphere
Author(s) -
Kukushkin Alexander V.,
Sinitsin Victor G.
Publication year - 1983
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/rs018i004p00573
Subject(s) - troposphere , mode (computer interface) , refractive index , optics , physics , duct (anatomy) , computational physics , meteorology , computer science , medicine , pathology , operating system
A version of the hybrid (ray mode) representation of wave fields has been suggested which is convenient with refractive index profiles corresponding to simultaneously existing surface and elevated ducts. The field at the reception point is represented as a sum of normal modes peculiar to an isolated surface duct and an assembly of rays reflected from the elevated layer.