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Everything about Ground wave
Radio wave propagating along the Earth's surface
Ground wave is a mode of radio propagation that consists of currents traveling through the earth. Ground waves propagate parallel to and adjacent to the surface of the Earth, and are capable of covering long distances by diffracting around the Earth's curvature. This radiation is also known as the Norton surface wave, or more properly the Norton ground wave, because ground waves in radio propagation are not confined to the surface. Groundwave contrasts with line-of-sight propagation that requires no medium, and skywave via the ionosphere. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Ground waveA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave BackgroundInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: DGPS field strength measurements at a GWEN siteThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Wave Propagation in Overhead Wires with Ground ReturnCited 1,094 times
- Go sideways: SkywaveA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Near vertical incidence skywaveA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Wave Propagation in Overhead Wires with Ground Return
Supersymmetric ground state wave functions
Gravitational Wave Detection by Interferometry (Ground and Space)
Seismic ground motions from a bolide shock wave
Ground State Electronic Wave Function of Methane
Ground-wave propagation over an inhomogeneous smooth earth
Ground-state wave-function “representation”
Ground-state wave functions and maximum entropy
🆕 Influential since 2022
The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background
Search for an Isotropic Gravitational-wave Background with the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array
Searching for the Nano-Hertz Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background with the Chinese Pulsar Timing Array Data Release I
The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Constraints on Supermassive Black Hole Binaries from the Gravitational-wave Background
The International Pulsar Timing Array second data release: Search for an isotropic gravitational wave background
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕DGPS field strength measurements at a GWEN siteJ. R. Hoffman · 1998
Design of multi-frequency CW radarsMohinder Jankiraman · 2006
Advances in near-surface seismology and ground-penetrating radarFred Aminzadeh, Marwan Simaan · 1991- 📕1001 Questions Answered About Natural Land DisastersBarbara Tufty · 1969
- 📕Evaluation of convolution integrals occurring in the theory of mixed path propagationJ. Ralph Johler · 1961
- 📕Transmission of a ground wave pulse around a finitely conducting spherical earthJ. Ralph Johler · 1958
- 📕Propagation modelling and decision aids for communications, radar and navigation systemsNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization. Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development. · 1994
- 📕Advances in near-surface seismology and ground-penetrating radarRichard D. Miller · 2010
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