A two-dimensional analytic ray tracing technique accommodating horizontal gradients

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 387-396

  Norman, R J ^a   Cannon, P S ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; RANGE ERROR; RAY PATHS; RAY-TRACING METHOD; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ANALYTIC;

RAY TRACING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE SMART (SEGMENTED METHOD FOR ANALYTIC RAY TRACING);

EID: 0031100332     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS03200     Document Type: Article

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