DifferentialEquations:LinearNonlinearOrdinaryPartial

ElectromagneticScintillationdescribesthephaseandamplitudefluctuationsimposedonsignalsthattravelthroughtheatmosphere.ThevolumesthatmakeupElectromagneticScintillationwillprovideamodernreferenceandcomprehensivetutorial,treatingbothopticalandmicrowavepropagationandintegratingmeasurementsandpredictionsateachstepofthedevelopment.Thisfirstvolumedealswithphaseandangle-of-arrivalmeasurementerrors,accuratelydescribedbygeometricaloptics.Itwillbefollowedbyafurthervolumeexaminingweakscattering.Inthisbook,measuredpropertiesoftroposphericandionosphericirregularitiesarereviewedfirst.Electromagneticfluctuationsinducedbytheseirregularitiesarethenestimatedforawiderangeofapplications.Thebookwillbeofinteresttothoseworkingintheresolutionofastronomicalinterferometersandlargesingle-aperturetelescopes,aswellassyntheticapertureradarsandlaserpointing/trackingsystems.Itisalsodirectlyrelevanttothoseworkinginlasermetrology,GPSlocationaccuracy,andterrestrialandsatellitecommunications.