LF Sky Wave Propagation Excited by a Horizontal Electric Dipole Towards Understanding of Its Radiation Mechanism

Authors

  • Honglei Xu Department of Information Science and Electronic Engineering Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310012, China
  • Tingting Gu Department of Information Science and Electronic Engineering Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310012, China
  • Juan Zheng Department of Information Science and Electronic Engineering Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310012, China
  • Kai Li Department of Information Science and Electronic Engineering Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310012, China

Keywords:

Horizontal electric dipole, LF wave, wave-hop theory

Abstract

In this paper, the electromagnetic pulses have been investigated based on the theory of wave-hop propagation. The approximate formulas are obtained for the electromagnetic field of a vertical magnetic dipole in the presence of an Earth-ionosphere waveguide. Based on the results obtained, the approximate formulas are derived readily for the ground wave and sky waves due to horizontal electric dipole excitation by using a reciprocity theorem. The corresponding computations and discussions are carried out specifically by analogy with those generated by a vertical electric dipole with the formulas in CCIR’s recommendation. It is shown that the sky wave pulses would interfere at certain distances and occur by different time-delays.

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Published

2021-07-25

How to Cite

[1]
Honglei Xu, Tingting Gu, Juan Zheng, and Kai Li, “LF Sky Wave Propagation Excited by a Horizontal Electric Dipole Towards Understanding of Its Radiation Mechanism”, ACES Journal, vol. 33, no. 06, pp. 657–664, Jul. 2021.

Issue

2018: Vol 33 Iss 6

Section

General Submission