The practical behavior of various edge-diffraction formulas

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 24-35

  Durgin, Gregory D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic diffraction; Diffraction; Electromagnetic diffraction; Geometrical theory of diffraction; Radio propagation; Terrain factors; Wedges

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRICAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION; RADIO PROPAGATION; TERRAIN FACTORS; WEDGES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ACOUSTICS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

LIGHT;

EID: 70349993603     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2009.5251189     Document Type: Article

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