MODELING STUDIES. SUBSURFACE PROPAGATION

Abstract

This rept. includes: FIELDS FROM A BURIED HORIZONTAL DIPOLE IN A FLAT EARTH - FLAT IONOSPHERE SYSTEM, by A. F. Gangi. Mar 62 (Rept. no. SGC TM 1-10) The theory of electromagnetic wave propagation in a flat earth-ionosphere system from abovesurface and subsrface antennas is discussed. Calculated results obtained from a digital computer are compared with experimental results obtained from a scaled model of the earthionosphere system. The experimental results were obtained from two scale models, one a flat earth-ionosphere model and the other a spherical earth-ionosphere model. Scale factors of the order of one million were used in the propagation models. The properties of subsurface antennas and antenna arrays were investigated using modeling techniques. The experimental results were compared with theoretical results. Criteria for the design of subsurface antenna arrays were obtained. A description of the instrumentation used in the antenna characteristics measurements and in the propagation models is given. Recommendations for future research and developments are also presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1962
Accession Number
AD0275532

Entities

People

  • A.f. Gangi
  • M.e. Louapre
  • R.n. Ghose

Organizations

  • Rome Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antenna Arrays
  • Antennas
  • Arrays
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Instrumentation
  • Ionosphere
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Models
  • Radio Transmission
  • Scale Models
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering