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Scanning the terrain of Chapter 1 reveals a somewhat “lumpy topography” wherein we discuss some diverse topics including the radio spectrum, atmospheric structure and composition, electrical noise, fundamental properties of electromagnetic waves, and the radar equation, in that order. A logical starting point, then, seems to be a short discussion of the electromagnetic spectrum in general and that particular region of the spectrum employed for ionospheric studies.
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Hunsucker, R.D. (1991). Terrestrial Atmospheric Structure and Properties of Electromagnetic Waves. In: Radio Techniques for Probing the Terrestrial Ionosphere. Physics and Chemistry in Space, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76257-4_1
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