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

Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 297-310

  Thèvenot, Marc ^a   Bérenger, Jean Pierre ^b   Monedière, Thierry ^a   Jecko, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b Centre d'Analyse de Défense   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIO WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANISOTROPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; STABILITY CRITERIA;

ANISOTROPIC EARTH IONOSPHERE WAVEGUIDE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SCHEME; IONOSPHERIC DUCT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; EARTH IONOSPHERE WAVEGUIDE; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; IONOSPHERIC DUCT; LF; MAGNETIC-FIELD; STABILITY CRITERIONS; TIME-DOMAIN METHODS; VH TIME DOMAIN METHOD; VLF/LF PROPAGATION;

EID: 0343090753     PISSN: 00034347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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