A Fredholm Integral Equation Method for Propagation Predictions Over Small Terrain Irregularities

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 1416-1422

  Janaswamy, Ramakrishna ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ELEVATION PROFILE; FREDHOLM INTEGRAL EQUATION; MAGNETIC FIELD INTEGRAL EQUATION; TERRAIN IRREGULARITIES;

RADIOWAVE PROPAGATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0026943746     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.202719     Document Type: Article

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