Electromagnetic Scintillation: Volume 1, Geometrical Optics

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-521-80198-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 474 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 984 g

Electromagnetic Scintillation describes the phase and amplitude fluctuations imposed on signals that travel through the atmosphere. The volumes that make up Electromagnetic Scintillation will provide a modern reference and comprehensive tutorial, treating both optical and microwave propagation and integrating measurements and predictions at each step of the development. This first volume deals with phase and angle-of-arrival measurement errors, accurately described by geometrical optics. It will be followed by a further volume examining weak scattering. In this book, measured properties of tropospheric and ionospheric irregularities are reviewed first. Electromagnetic fluctuations induced by these irregularities are then estimated for a wide range of applications. The book will be of interest to those working in the resolution of astronomical interferometers and large single-aperture telescopes, as well as synthetic aperture radars and laser pointing/tracking systems. It is also directly relevant to those working in laser metrology, GPS location accuracy, and terrestrial and satellite communications.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wheelon, Albert D

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Elektrizität, Elektrodynamik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Militär- und Verteidigungstechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Optik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Halbleiter- und Supraleiterphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Magnetismus
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Instrumente, Methoden
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Angewandte Optik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Waves in random media; 3. Geometrical optics expressions; 4. Single path phase variance; 5. Phase structure function; 6. Time variation of phase; 7. Angle-of-arrival fluctuations; 8. Phase distributions; 9. Field strength moments; Appendices.

Über Autor(innen)

Wheelon, Albert D
Dr. Albert D. Wheelon has been a visiting scientist for the past decade at the Environmental Technology Laboratory of NOAA in Boulder, Colorado. He holds a BSc degree in engineering science from Stanford University and a PhD in physics from MIT, where he was a teaching fellow and a research associate in the Research Laboratory for Electronics. He has published thirty papers on radio physics and space technology in learned journals.