A simple picture of tropospheric radio scattering

The purpose of this paper is to describe the scatteriing of radio waves by a turbulent troposphere in a simple way. The description provides a useful picture for the radio engineer who mustst apply the scatter mechanism to a system. It does not replace a more rigorous treatment or oversimplify to the extent that any important ideas are omitted. It is hoped that this prosentation will facilitate the application of the material on scattering presented in this issue, in the Proceedings of the IRE for October 1955, and elsewhere.