Tropospheric refraction modeling using ray-tracing and parabolic equation

Radioengineering

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 98-104

  Valtr, Pavel ^a   Pechač, Pavel ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Parabolic equation; Radiowave propagation; Ray tracing; Tropospheric refraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349277555     PISSN: 12102512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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