A new algorithm for ground wave propagation based on a hybrid ray-mode approach

International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-103

  Sevgi, Levent ^a,c,d   Felsen, Leopold B ^b,c,e,f,g,h  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Alameda Itu   (Brazil)

^e OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g IEEE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PARABOLIC EQUATION (PE) METHOD; RAY MODE APPROACH; RECTILINEAR SCALAR POTENTIAL PROBLEMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032022407     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1204(199803/04)11:2<87::AID-JNM291>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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