Radio Waves in the Ionosphere

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The basic equations
3. The constitutive relations
4. Propagation in a homogenous isotropic medium
5. Propagation in a homogenous anisotropic medium. Magentoionic theory
6. Properties of the Appleton-Hartree formula
7. Definition of the reflection and transmission coefficients
8. Reflection at a sharp boundary
9. Slowly varying medium. The W.K.B solutions
10. Ray theory for vertical incidence when the Earth's magnetic field is neglected
11. Ray theory for oblique incidence when the Earth's magnetic field is neglected
12. Ray theory for vertical incidence when the Earth's magnetic field is included
13. Ray theroy for oblique incidence when the Earth's magnetic field is included
14. The general problem of ray tracing
15. The airy integral function and the Stokes phenomenon
16. Linear gradient of electron density
17. Various electron density profiles when the Earth's magnetic field is neglected
18. Anisotropic media. Coupled wave-equations and W.K.B solution
19. Application of coupled wave-equations
20. The phase integral method
21. Full wave solutions when the Earth's magnetic field is included
22. Numerical methods for finding reflection coefficients
23. Reciprocity.

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