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Wave Propagation in the Ionosphere

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Karl Rawer

    1. March-Hugstetten, Germany

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Part of the book series: Developments in Electromagnetic Theory and Applications (DETA, volume 5)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Fundamentals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Karl Rawer
      Pages 3-5

    3. Refraction of radio waves in a plasma. Simplest case

      • Karl Rawer
      Pages 7-18

    4. Some effects of refraction

      • Karl Rawer
      Pages 19-26

    5. Properties of a magnetized plasma

      • Karl Rawer
      Pages 27-32

    6. Electromagnetic waves in a cold gyrotropic plasma

      • Karl Rawer
      Pages 33-42

    7. Echoes from a plasma layer

      • Karl Rawer
      Pages 43-51

    8. Propagation of radio waves in a cold magnetoplasma

      • Karl Rawer
      Pages 53-66

  4. Warm, multi-component plasma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-224
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    2. Collisional attenuation

      • Karl Rawer
      Pages 225-243

    3. Kinetic theory of a Lorentz plasma

      • Karl Rawer
      Pages 245-255

    4. The Boltzmann equation of a compressible plasma

      • Karl Rawer
      Pages 257-272

    5. Waves in a warm isotropic plasma

      • Karl Rawer
      Pages 273-280
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In this book, the author draws on his broad experience to describe both the theory and the applications of wave propagations. The contents are presented in four parts and the sequence of these parts reflect the development of ionospheric and propagational research in areas such as space research geophysics and communications.
The first part of the book presents an outline of the theory of electromagnetic waves propagating in a cold electron plasma. For reference, vector analysis, dyadics and eigenvalues introduced in this part are presented in the appendices.
Practical aspects of radio wave propagation are the subject of the second part. The typical conditions in different frequency ranges are discussed and the irregular features of the ionospheric structure such as sound and gravity waves are also considered.
Warm plasma and the effects of ions are considered in the third part, which includes a discussion of sound-like waves in electron and ion plasmas. Nonlinear effects and instabilities are described in the fourth part.

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  • March-Hugstetten, Germany

    Karl Rawer

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