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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 48 Number 2, February 2000

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Matrix-Exponent Formulations for Wave Radiation and Propagation in Anisotropic Stratified Ionosphere

M. Y. Xia and Z. Y. Chen

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Abstract:

A matrix-exponent method is developed to treat wave radiation and propagation in anisotropic stratified ionosphere. By using matrix-exponent formulations, the present approach is relatively compact for expressions and reliable for computations. As an example, the method is used to calculate the ELF excitation of the earth-ionosphere waveguide by an equivalent dipole resulted from heating the lower ionosphere with modulated HF waves. Simulation results are presented and compared for different latitudes.

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