Propagation of Radiowaves

Les Barclay OBE is a consultant in radiowave propagation and spectrum management. He has been involved in the organisation and lecturing for all IET residential courses in radiowave propagation, and has chaired the organising committee for these courses. He has lectured internationally on radio regulation, spectrum management and propagation. Prior to this he was the deputy director at the UK Radiocommunications Agency responsible for research. He was elected as international chairman of ITU-R Study Group 3 on radiowave propagation and has been chairman of the IET professional groups on antennas and propagation, and on radiocommunications. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the IET.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Radio wavesChapter 3: Electromagnetic wave propagationChapter 4: Fading and statisticsChapter 5: Radio noiseChapter 6: Clear-air characteristics of the troposphereChapter 7: Reflection and scattering from rough surfacesChapter 8: Introduction to multipath propagationChapter 9: DiffractionChapter 10: Propagation in rain and cloudsChapter 11: The ionosphereChapter 12: Ionospheric propagationChapter 13: Surface waves, and sky waves below 2 MHzChapter 14: Terrestrial line-of-sight linksChapter 15: Propagation for mobile and area coverage systemsChapter 16: Short-range and indoor propagationChapter 17: Fixed wireless access and radio LANsChapter 18: Earth-space propagationChapter 19: Terahertz propagationChapter 20: Computer modellingChapter 21: Numerically intensive propagation prediction methods