Review of Radio Science 19961999 Author:Stone "The purpose of this book is to further communication and understanding of the status and future of radio science, both for those working in the field, and for those who want to know what is of current importance in this area. The International Union of Radio Science, URSI (Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale), has divided the subject of ""R... more »adio Science"" according to the ten topics of the Commissions that make up URSI:
Electromagnetic metrology
Fields and waves
Signals and systems
Electronics and photonics
Radio astronomy
Electromagnetic noise and interference
Wave propagation and remote sensing
Ionospheric radio and propagation
Waves in plasmas
Electromagnetics in biology and medicine
This book consists of 37 original, peer-reviewed papers. The topics, authors, and reviewers were selected by the URSI Commissions. Each paper provides a critical, in-depth review of and, in many cases, tutorial on advances and research that have been of significant importance within the area of interest of the Commissions during the past three to four years. Among the 37 topics covered are the following:
Two-way satellite time and frequency transfer
Handset antennas for mobile communications
Wireless ATM networks
Ultra-high-bit-rate optical communication systems
Modeling techniques for EMC analysis
Mobile, terrestrial, and satellite propagation modeling
GPS and the ionosphere
Radio-frequency sounders in space
The early radio universe
Exposure assessment for handheld mobile communications devices
A ""Collected References"" CD-ROM is an integral part of this book, intended to permit a reader to install the bibliographic database on a personal computer or workstation, so that it can be searched as needed. Independently of the papers in the book, the CD-ROM contains key references on the topics each Commission has deemed to be most significant during the triennium. The full titles are included in the references, and they are augmented by keywords including the country of origin for the work, to facilitate searching for the most important references on a particular topic."« less