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MAGNETO-IONIC DOUBLE REFRACTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Waves
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

The combined effect of the Earth's magnetic field and atmospheric ionization, whereby a linearly polarized wave entering the ionosphere is split into two components called the ordinary wave and the extraordinary wave.

OBS

The component waves follow different paths, experience different attenuations, have different phase velocities, and, in general, are elliptically polarized in opposite senses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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