Parabolic Equation Modeling in Horizontally Inhomogeneous Environments

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1992, Pages 791-797

  Barrios, Amalia E ^a  

^a Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

CANTERBURY PROJECT; SPLIT-STEP PARABOLIC EQUATION; TROPOSCATTER MODEL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0026897275     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.155744     Document Type: Article

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