EXACT AND APPROXIMATE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS IN THE THEORY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION,

Abstract

The paper deals with the methods of investigating waves propagated above the earth. Such a problem generally requires different degrees of approximation of conditions existing on the earth's surface. The present discussion is based on the assumption that the earth surface can be approximated as being flat. The Hertz vector is used for the solution of the problems relating to the theory of electromagnetic wave propagation. Two transformations relating the Hertz vector to vectros of electric and magnetic fields are given. A vertical electric dipole is located in space as the next step and the conditions of the interphase surfaces are then formulated. Construction of precise and approximate solutions is discussed for two locations of the dipole: one in the upper half-space and the other in the lower half-space. Two methods of selecting proper constants are reviewed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 02, 1968
Accession Number
AD0683098

Entities

People

  • A. D. Petrovskii
  • G. N. Krylov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space