Electromagnetic Scintillation: Volume 2, Weak Scattering

The second volume of a series of books dealing with effect of the atmosphere on electromagnetic propagation.

Albert D. Wheelon (Author)

9780521024259, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 February 2006

464 pages, 116 b/w illus. 12 tables
24.4 x 17 x 2.5 cm, 0.726 kg

'The author is to be congratulated, and thanked, for writing this comprehensive treatment of the scintillation of electromagnetic waves over a broad spectrum … Everyone specializing in electromagnetic scattering should have these volumes on his-her desk or in a nearby library.' IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Electromagnetic Scintillation describes the phase and amplitude fluctuations imposed on signals that travel through the atmosphere. These volumes provide a modern reference and comprehensive tutorial for this subject, treating both optical and microwave propagation. Measurements and predictions are integrated at each step of the development. The first volume dealt with phase and angle-of-arrival measurement errors, which are accurately described by geometrical optics. This second volume concentrates on amplitude and intensity fluctuations of the received signal.

1. Introduction
2. The Rytov approximation
3. Amplitude variance
4. Spatial covariance
5. Power spectrum and autocorrelation
6. Frequency correlation
7. Phase fluctuations
8. Double scattering
9. Field strength moments
10. Amplitude distributions
11. Changes in polarization
12. The validity of the Rytov approximation
Appendices
Indexes.

Subject Areas: Military engineering [TTM], Electronics & communications engineering [TJ], Optical physics [PHJ], Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods [PGG]