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  title info:
    title: Radio Wave Propagation
    sub title: An Introduction for the Non-Specialist
  name:
    name part: Richards, John A.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2008
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: IX, 127 p. online resource.
  abstract: This work treats the essential elements of radio wave propagation without requiring recourse to advanced electromagnetic concepts and equations; however it provides sufficient detail to allow those concerned with wireless systems to acquire quickly a practical working knowledge of the important concepts. The treatment commences with an analysis of how energy (and power) is conveyed in free space, taking essentially a radiative transfer approach and thus avoiding the need to understand electric and magnetic field propagation at the outset. It then examines in some detail how the proximity of the earth and the atmosphere cause the radiation travelling from a transmitter to a receiver to follow one or more of three mechanisms – the surface, sky and space waves. Most attention is given to the space wave since it is the mechanism most commonly encountered in contemporary applications. Radio wave propagation is placed in a practical context by considering the design aspects of communications systems at microwave frequencies. That requires an understanding of noise and its importance in systems design. The author takes the unusual step of including a fuller consideration of the electromagnetic properties of materials late in the book rather than as an introductory chapter as found in more theoretical treatments. It is placed here so that the contexts in which the knowledge of material properties is important have already been established. The material is based on a single semester overview course suitable for later year undergraduate students in engineering or science.
  table of contents: Fundamental Concepts: Propagation in Free Space -- The Surface Wave -- The Sky Wave -- The Space Wave -- Noise -- Examples of Microwave Systems -- The Effect of Materials on Propagation.
  note: edited by John A. Richards.
  subject:
    topic: Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Geotechnical engineering
  subject:
    topic: Optics
  subject:
    topic: Electrodynamics
  subject:
    topic: Microwaves
  subject:
    topic: Optical engineering
  subject:
    topic: Electrical engineering
  subject:
    topic: Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Communications Engineering, Networks
  subject:
    topic: Optics and Electrodynamics
  subject:
    topic: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
  classification: TK7876-7876.42
  classification: 621.3
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783540771258
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77125-8
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    record creation date: 100301
    record change date: 20151204144546.0
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