This comprehensive guide helps readers understand the theory and techniques needed to analyze and model radio wave propagation in complex environments. All of the essential topics are covered, from the fundamental concepts of radio systems, to complex propagation phenomena. These topics include diffraction, ray tracing, scattering, atmospheric ducting, ionospheric ducting, scintillation, and propagation through both urban and non-urban environments. Emphasis is placed on practical procedures, with detailed discussion of numerical and mathematical methods providing readers with the necessary skills to build their own propagation models and develop their own techniques. MATLAB functions illustrating key modeling ideas are provided online. This is an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to use propagation models to understand the performance of radio systems for navigation, radar, communications, or broadcasting.
Author(s): Christopher John Coleman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 298
Frontmatter pp i-iv
Contents pp v-viii
Preface pp ix-x
1 - Basic Concepts pp 1-14
2 - The Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Waves pp 15-37
3 - The Reciprocity, Compensation and Extinction Theorems pp 38-49
4 - The Effect of Obstructions on Radio Wave Propagation pp 50-69
5 - Geometric Optics pp 70-93
6 - Propagation through Irregular Media pp 94-128
7 - The Approximate Solution of Maxwell's Equations pp 129-158
8 - Propagation in the Ionospheric Duct pp 159-203
9 - Propagation in the Lower Atmosphere pp 204-221
10 - Transionospheric Propagation and Scintillation pp 222-235
Appendix A - Some Useful Mathematics pp 236-246
Appendix B - Numerical Methods pp 247-252
Appendix C - Variational Calculus pp 253-258
Appendix D - The Fourier Transform pp 259-262
Appendix E - Finding Stationary Values pp 263-264
Appendix F - Stratified Media pp 265-272
Appendix G - Useful Information pp 273-273
Appendix H - A Perfectly Matched Layer pp 274-275
Appendix I - Equations for TE and TM Fields pp 276-277
Appendix J - Canonical Solutions pp 278-283
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