Laboratory models used in the investigation of radio wave propagation in irregular structures.

A laboratory model first conceived by Wait (see IEEE Antennas Propagat. Mag., vol.40, p.7-24, 1998) to investigate radio wave propagation in the perturbed environment of the Earth-ionosphere waveguide is described. The construction of the laboratory model involves the exploitation of the following f...

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Published in:	IEEE Transactions on antennas and propagation 48, 9 (2000).
Main Author:	Bahar, E.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Earth's curvature. Earth-ionosphere waveguide. Maxwell's equations. TE modes. TM modes. Boundary conditions. Complex permittivity. Dielectric material. Duality relationships. Electric fields. Equivalent surface impedance boundary. Experimental data. Imaging techniques. Invariant properties. Ionosphere dissipation. Irregular structures. Laboratory models. Magnetic fields. Perfectly conducting magnetic wall. Permittivity height profile. Perturbed environment. Radio wave propagation. Rectangular waveguides. Scaled model. Size-wavelength transformations. Thickness. Vertical dipoles. Wall loading material.