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We summarized in Chapter I the character of the interaction with the atmosphere of that part of the electromagnetic spectrum capable of exciting transitions in individual neutral molecules. Longer wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum (microwaves) do not correspond to any strong interaction, whence a large transparent ‘window’ put to good use by radioastronomers and satellite telecommunication engineers, until the frequency domain capable of exciting collective response of the free electrons in the ionosphere is reached.
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Giraud, A., Petit, M. (1978). Propagation of Radio Waves. In: Ionospheric Techniques and Phenomena. Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9763-9_3
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