Accession Number:

AD0641344

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION OF SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF THE IONOSPHERE ON ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPOGATION

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BALLISTIC RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Mester, John C.

Report Date:

1951-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

25.0

Abstract:

A study is made of the magneto-ionic splitting and reflection of electro-magnetic waves incident obliquely on a stratified ionosphere. Certain simplifying assumptions are applied to the theory. Under these assumptions the opinion is offered that for sufficiently high frequencies the loss of signal strength due to splitting and reflection may be neglected.

Descriptors:

• *IONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION
• REFRACTIVE INDEX
• REFLECTION
• SIGNALS
• ATTENUATION
• ATMOSPHERES
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION

Subject Categories:

• Radiofrequency Wave Propagation

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE