Parabolic equation solution of tropospheric wave propagation using FEM

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 49, Issue , 2004, Pages 257-271

  Isaakidis, Stergios A ^a   Xenos, Thomas D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARCHING ALGORITHM; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS; TROPOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; WAVE POLARIZATIONS;

DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33947187844     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER04042701     Document Type: Article

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