This book is concerned with the ionosphere and the magnetosphere, and the theory of their effect on radio waves. It includes accounts of some mathematical topics now widely used in this study, particularly W. K. B. approximations, Airy integral functions and integration by steepest descents. The subject is divided into ray theory and full wave theory. Ray theory is useful for high frequencies when the ionosphere is treated as a horizonally stratified medium. The discussion of the magnetosphere, whose structure is more complicated, includes an account of whistlers and ion cyclotron whistlers. The book has been planned both for final year undergraduates and as a reference book for research. It is suitable as a course book on radio propagation for students of physics or electrical engineering or mathematics. Some of the topics are presented from an elementary viewpoint so as to help undergraduates new to the subject. The later parts are more advanced. Because the subject is so large and has seen many important recent advances, some topics have had to be treated briefly, but there is a full bibliography with about 600 references.
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"...recommended as an essential part of the libraries of all workers involved in any aspect of ionospheric radio communication or radio soundings of the ionosphere." Science
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Presents the theory of the effect of the ionosphere and magnetosphere on radio waves and incorporates recent findings from space science and plasma physics. Also includes accounts of some of the mathematical techniques now used.
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This book is mainly concerned with the effect on radio wave propagation of the ionised regions of the earth's atmosphere. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
electron whistler, exact coalescence, horizontally stratified ionosphere, double steepest descents, proton whistler, more general plasma, negative imaginary side, phase integral formula, actual ionosphere, eigen columns, isotropic electron plasma, positive imaginary side, anisotropic ionosphere, incident ordinary wave, ionosonde technique, purely longitudinal propagation, coupling points move, double saddle point, ionospheric reflection coefficients, subprotonic whistlers, transmission coefficient matrices, magnetic meridian plane, pseudo rays, radio propagation problems, ion cyclotron whistlers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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electron whistler, exact coalescence, horizontally stratified ionosphere, double steepest descents, proton whistler, more general plasma, negative imaginary side, phase integral formula, actual ionosphere, eigen columns, isotropic electron plasma, positive imaginary side, anisotropic ionosphere, incident ordinary wave, ionosonde technique, purely longitudinal propagation, coupling points move, double saddle point, ionospheric reflection coefficients, subprotonic whistlers, transmission coefficient matrices, magnetic meridian plane, pseudo rays, radio propagation problems, ion cyclotron whistlers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Natural Sciences Tripos, Radio Science, International Reference Ionosphere, Newbern Smith New!
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- Methods of Mathematical Physics (Cambridge Mathematical Library) by Harold Jeffreys on page 169
- Electromagnetic Waves (Optoelectronics, Imaging and Sensing Series) by Carlo G. Someda on page 137
- The High-Latitude Ionosphere and its Effects on Radio Propagation (Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series) by R. D. Hunsucker on page 177
- Quantitative Seismology: Theory and Methods by Keiiti Aki on page 484
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