FDTD computation of VLF-LF propagation in the earth-ionosphere waveguide

Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications

Volumn 57, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 1059-1090

  Bérenger, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a Centre d'Analyse de Defense   (France)

Author keywords

Computational time; Earth ionosphere waveguide; Electromagnetic wave propagation; Finite difference method; Ground effect; Ionospheric reflection; Kilometric wave; Myriametric wave; Numerical method; Stability; Surface impedance; Time domain method; Vertical antenna

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; EARTH IONOSPHERE WAVEGUIDE; IONOSPHERIC REFLECTION; KILOMETRIC WAVE; MYRIAMETRIC WAVE; SURFACE IMPEDANCE; VERTICAL ANTENNA; FDTD COMPUTATIONS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; SURFACE IMPEDANCES; TIME-DOMAIN METHODS;

ANTENNAS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 0036881575     PISSN: 00034347     EISSN: 19589395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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