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An application of invariant imbedding to VLF radio wave propagation
Author(s) -
Tolstoy A.,
Rosenberg T. J.,
Kellogg R. B.
Publication year - 1985
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/rs020i004p00880
Subject(s) - earth–ionosphere waveguide , ionosphere , physics , radio wave , reflection (computer programming) , anisotropy , wave propagation , reflection coefficient , computational physics , boundary value problem , radio propagation , very low frequency , ionospheric propagation , plane wave , invariant (physics) , electromagnetic radiation , mathematical analysis , geophysics , optics , ionospheric absorption , mathematics , computer science , quantum mechanics , astronomy , programming language
The problem of VLF wave propagation in the earth‐ionosphere waveguide is formulated in terms of a two‐point boundary value problem which is subsequently replaced by an initial value problem. As a result we easily derive the ionospheric reflection coefficient of an arbitrarily polarized plane wave reflected off an anisotropic medium.