Wave Propagation in the Ionosphere

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-5
Refraction of radio waves in a plasma. Simplest case....Pages 7-18
Some effects of refraction....Pages 19-26
Properties of a magnetized plasma....Pages 27-32
Electromagnetic waves in a cold gyrotropic plasma....Pages 33-42
Echoes from a plasma layer....Pages 43-51
Propagation of radio waves in a cold magnetoplasma....Pages 53-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Propagation in the space between Earth and ionosphere (deka- and hektometer-waves)....Pages 69-107
Propagation in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide (Kilometric and longer waves)....Pages 109-138
Propagation through the ionosphere....Pages 139-158
The real ionosphere: Irregularities and acoustic-gravity waves....Pages 159-190
Propagation in structured media....Pages 191-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-224
Collisional attenuation....Pages 225-243
Kinetic theory of a Lorentz plasma....Pages 245-255
The Boltzmann equation of a compressible plasma....Pages 257-272
Waves in a warm isotropic plasma....Pages 273-280
Wave in a warm gyrotropic plasma....Pages 281-291
Plasma waves....Pages 293-304
Front Matter....Pages 305-307
Plasma under moderate energy input....Pages 309-317
Non-linear phenomena....Pages 319-328
Front Matter....Pages 305-307
Incoherent scatter....Pages 329-348
Instabilities and resonances....Pages 349-375
Natural (low frequency) emissions....Pages 377-386
Heavy disturbances....Pages 387-399
Back Matter....Pages 401-487