The Troposphere and Radio Waves

The effect of tropospheric reflections upon both long and short waves is explained by assuming a fairly strong reflection from inversion layers located from 1 to 10 kilometers above the earth´s surface. Weather conditions influence the propagation of wireless waves because the changing cyclones and anticyclones vary the height and the reflecting power of the inversion discontinuities. At times the reflected wave from the inversion layer is very strong.