Title :
Radio wave propagation over a rough variable impedance boundary: Part II--Application of full-wave analysis
Author_Institution :
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA
fDate :
5/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The full-wave analysis developed in Part I is applied to three classes of problems of propagation over nonuniform boundaries and the results are then compared with earlier solutions to these problems. The problems considered are: 1) the effects of rapid surface impedance variations on ground wave propagation; 2) the propagation over periodic structures; 3) the scattering by boundaries with random surface impedance and height functions. The full-wave solutions are shown to be consistent with the reciprocity relationships.
Keywords :
Ground-wave propagation; Radio propagation terrain factors; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Electromagnetic waveguides; Ionosphere; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Surface impedance; Surface roughness; Surface waves;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1972.1140200