Electromagnetic wave propagation through simulated atmospheric refractivity fields

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1413-1435

  Gilbert, Kenneth E ^a,c   Di, Xiao ^a   Khanna, Samir ^b,d   Otte, Martin J ^b   Wyngaard, John C ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d HP ME 01 24 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PLYWOOD; REFRACTION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTIVITY; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION (LES);

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTIVITY; GIGAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; PROPAGATION MODELING; RANGE-INDEPENDENT; REFRACTIVITY STRUCTURES; SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURES; TIME-DEPENDENT FIELDS;

EID: 0033225092     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS900078     Document Type: Article

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