Probing the sky with radio waves : from wireless technology to the development of atmospheric science / Chen-Pang Yeang.
Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015Copyright date: 2013Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xv, 361 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780226274393
- 022627439X
- 538/.767 23
- QC676.4 .Y43 2015
- QC661
- ASLI Choice Award
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Introduction: From propagation studies to active sensors -- pt. 1. Conceiving long-range propagation, 1901-19. Theorizing transatlantic wireless with surface diffraction -- The U.S. Navy and the Austin-Cohen Formula -- Synthesis with atmospheric reflection -- pt. 2. Discovering the ionosphere, 1920-26. Radio amateurs launch the short-wave era -- From the skip zone to magneto-ionic refraction -- British radio research and the moments of discovery -- Pulse echo, CIW, and radio probing of the ionosphere-- pt. 3. Theory matters, 1926-35. Consolidating a general magneto-ionic theory -- Handling microphysics --pt. 4. Conclusion. A new way of seeing the world.
ASLI Choice Award