Numerical investigations of and path loss predictions for surface wave propagation over sea paths including Hilly Island transitions

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1302-1314

  Apaydin, Gakhan ^a   Sevgi, Levent ^b  

^a ZIRVE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOGUS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cauchy type boundary condition; Finite difference method; Finite element method (FEM); Hilly island; Impedance boundary condition; Island transition; Millington effect; Mixed path propagation; Path loss; Ray mode methods; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

CAUCHY-TYPE BOUNDARY CONDITION; IMPEDANCE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ISLAND TRANSITION; MILLINGTON EFFECT; MODE METHOD; PATH PROPAGATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CURVE FITTING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LANDFORMS; SURFACE WAVES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77950855454     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2041169     Document Type: Article

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