Groundwave propagation modeling: Problem-matched analytical formulations and direct numerical techniques

Levent Sevgi; Funda Akleman; Leopold B. Felsen

doi:10.1109/74.997903

Groundwave propagation modeling: Problem-matched analytical formulations and direct numerical techniques

Levent Sevgi^*, Funda Akleman, Leopold B. Felsen

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Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

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Abstract

In this overview of groundwave propagation, dedicated to the memory of J. R. Wait, we address a particular class of propagation scenarios in the presence of surface terrain and atmospheric refractivity. Beginning with idealized analytically solvable models over a smooth spherical Earth, we trace the progression toward more "reality" through physics-based numerical algorithms, operating in the frequency and short-pulse time domain, which take advantage of computational resources. An extensive sequence of simulations for various terrains and atmospheric refractivities, as well as different source-receiver arrangements and operating frequencies, serves to calibrate these algorithms one against the other, and establishes the range of problem parameters for which each is more effective.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-75
Number of pages	21
Journal	IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
Volume	44
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/74.997903
Publication status	Published - Feb 2002

Funding

L. B. Felsen acknowledges partial support by ODDR&E under MURI Grants ARO DAAG55-97-1-0013 and AFOSR F49629-96-1-0028, by the Engineering Research Centers Program of the National Science Foundation under award number EEC-9986821, by Grant No:9900448 from the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Jerusalem, Israel, and Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.

Funders	Funder number
ODDR&E
Polytechnic University
US-Israel Binational Science Foundation
National Science Foundation	EEC-9986821
Air Force Office of Scientific Research	F49629-96-1-0028
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative	ARO DAAG55-97-1-0013

Keywords

Analytical techniques
Electromagnetic propagation
Electromagnetic scattering
FDTD methods
FDTD wave propagator
Ground wave propagation
Mixed-path propagation
Numerical modeling
Parabolic equation method
Ray-mode approximations
Short pulse propagation
Split-step parabolic equation technique
Surface impedance modeling
Surface wave propagation
Terrain modeling

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