A three-dimensional parabolic equation applied to vhf/uhf propagation over irregular terrain

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1586-1596

  Zelley, Chris A ^a   Constantinou, Costas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mobile radio; Parabolic equation; Radiowave propagation; Terrain

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PARABOLIC EQUATION; TERRAIN GRADIENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033331552     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.805904     Document Type: Article

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