MAGNETO-IONIC MODE PROPAGATION IN THE IONOSPHERE: THE DIRECTION OF MINIMUM ABSORPTION OF A HOMO GENEOUS PLANE WAVE TRAVERSING A HOMOGENEOUS IONOSPHERIC SLAB,
Abstract
The absorption of homogeneous plane radio waves propagating through an idealized homogeneous ionospheric region in the magneto-ionic mode in various directions in the magnetic meridian plane is examined. Minimum absorption between two fixed heights is generally obtained when the wave normal is in a direction lying between the vertical and the direction of the geomagnetic field, but the percentage variation in total absorption between these two limits is small, and one may use either the condition of verti cal incidence or the condition of ''field aligned propagation'' as an approximation to the condition of minimum absorption. For waves incident on a physical ionosphere from below this treatment is invalid, and the problem must be solved by making use of the Booker quartic equation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 28, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0413382
Entities
People
- C. Altman
- H. Cory
Organizations
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology