Front Cover; Theory of Ionospheric Waves; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Nature of the Ionosphere; 1.2 Progress in the Study of Ionospheric Waves; 1.3 Scope of the Book; 1.4 Notations; References; Chapter 2. Review of Electromagnetic Theory; 2.1 Maxwell's Equations; 2.2 Vector and Scalar Potentials; 2.3 Electric and Magnetic Polarizations; 2.4 Slow and Fast Processes; 2.5 Kramers-Kronig Relations; 2.6 Onsager Relation; 2.7 Plane Waves; 2.8 Refractive Indices; 2.9 Characteristic Polarizations; 2.10 Energy and Power; 2.11 Group and Energy Velocities, 2.12 Geometric Interpretation of Group Velocity2.13 Excitation of Fields; 2.14 Dyadic Green's Functions; Problems; References; Chapter 3. Waves in Fluid Plasma; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Charge Neutrality; 3.3 Oscillation; 3.4 Screening; 3.5 Electron and Ion Plasma Waves; 3.6 Plasma Density Fluctuations; 3.7 Two-Stream Instability; 3.8 Interaction of Charged Particles with Longitudinal Waves; 3.9 Excitation of Fields by a Test Particle; Problems; References; Chapter 4. Waves in Fluid Plasma with a Steady Magnetic Field; 4.1 Transverse Dielectric Constant and Index of Refraction, 4.2 Reflection of a Plane Transient Wave from the Plasma Half-Space4.3 Signal Propagation in Lossless, Isotropic Plasma; 4.4 Gyrofrequency in the Ionosphere; 4.5 Dielectric Tensor of a Cold Magnetoplasma; 4.6 Effect of Collisional Loss and DC Conductivity; 4.7 Longitudinal Oscillations; 4.8 Refractive Indices and Polarizations; 4.9 Propagation Parallel to Steady Magnetic Field; 4.10 Faraday Effect; 4.11 Electron and Ion Whistlers; 4.12 Propagation Perpendicular to Steady Magnetic Field; 4.13 Hydromagnetic Waves-Low Frequency Approximation, 4.14 Appleton-Hartree Formula-High Frequency Approximation4.15 Some Properties of the Appleton-Hartree Formula; 4.16 Cutoffs and Resonances in Parameter Space; 4.17 Index Circle and Index Surface; 4.18 Dielectric Tensor of a Warm Magnetoplasma; 4.19 Warm Plasma Correction to the High Frequency Waves; 4.20 Plasma Waves and Two-Stream Instabilities; Problems; References; Chapter 5. Wave Propagation in Inhomogeneous Media; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Foundations of Geometrical Optics-Isotropic Media; 5.3 Amplitude Variation along the Ray; 5.4 Fermat's Principle; 5.5 Ray Equations in Anisotropic Media, and 5.6 Effect of Boundary on the Ray and Generalized Snell's Law5.7 Reflection and Transmission of Waves at Sharp Boundaries; 5.8 Wave Propagation in Stratified Media-Isotropic Case; 5.9 The WKB Solution; 5.10 The Matrix Method; 5.11 The Stokes Phenomenon; 5.12 An Example; 5.13 Reflection Coefficients for Stratified Media-High Frequency Approximation; 5.14 Reflection Coefficients for Stratified Media-Very Low Frequency Approximation; 5.15 Signal Propagation and Reflection in Stratified Media; 5.16 The True Height Problem-Ionosonde
