Electromagnetic Scintillation: Geometrical Optics, Vol. 1

An important reference work for researchers in optics, astronomy, physics and electrical engineering.

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Twinkling stars are just one example of the phase and amplitude fluctuation of electromagnetic signals that travel through the earth's atmosphere. Collectively these fluctuations are known as scintillation and the study of them have become of greater importance as technologies for sending electromagnetic signals have gained importance. This first in a series of volumes, advancing from simplest to most complex models of electromagnetic propagation through random media, explores the subject with the most elementary description of electromagnetic radiation. Wheelon (Environmental Technology Laboratory of finds that valid descriptions for phase and angle-of-arrival fluctuation are provided by this model. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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.