HM-wave filtration in a horizontally stratified earth's magnetosphere

Summary

The model of filtration of a linearly polarized HM-wave in a system of three homogeneous layers, limited by two halfspaces and treated in[1], is generalized. The wave attenuation is considered in all inner layers of the system and the model is applied to the filtration of HM-waves in the lower layers of the magnetosphere, i.e. in the ionosphere. The nature of the changes of the functional dependences is studied, i.e. of the “amplitude coupling factor” on the frequency under variation of the fundamental parameters, defining the filtering medium. Filtration models are demonstrated and discussed for the periods of maximum and minimum solar activity during daytime and at night. The relation between the properties of filtration and the possibilities of observing geomagnetic pulsations on the Earth's surface is pointed out.