Title :
Effect on skywave field strengths of proximity to a discontinuity in the Earth´s electrical properties
Author_Institution :
Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Technical Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A theoretical formula amenable to numerical computation of this effect is derived in a simple and generalised fashion from an extension of an approximate method which was developed by Feinberg for the ground-to-ground propagation over an inhomogeneous flat earth.
Keywords :
electric field effects; terrestrial electricity; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Earth´s electrical properties; skywave field strengths;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19770135
