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A New Ray Tracing Method Based on Piecewise Conformal Transformations.

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العنوان: A New Ray Tracing Method Based on Piecewise Conformal Transformations.
المؤلفون: Feng, Guoxu, Huang, Jun, Su, Hongbo
المصدر: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory & Techniques; Apr2022, Vol. 70 Issue 4, p2040-2052, 13p
مصطلحات موضوعية: RAY tracing, CONFORMAL mapping, ELECTROMAGNETIC wave propagation, REFRACTIVE index, HOUGH transforms
مستخلص: We put forward a new ray tracing method for electromagnetic wave propagation based on piecewise conformal transformations. Our approach is based on our previous research, where conformal transformation was focused on giving an accurate formula for the effective Earth radius. In this article, according to the height interval of atmospheric refractive index data, we approximate the electromagnetic wave propagation path by the combination of circular arcs with different curvature radius and find the effective Earth radius of each arc using conformal transformations. Then, upon using the effective Earth radius, we transform the circular arc path into a straight path, thus simplifying the calculations needed to describe the propagation of electromagnetic waves. We compare our approach to the traditional ray tracing method for several typical atmospheric refractive index profiles and prove that our new method may achieve ray tracing with higher accuracy using fewer path points. We also consider nonuniform atmosphere and irregular terrain and compare the performance of our ray tracing scheme with that of the open-source software PETOOL, which is based on the parabolic equation method. Result proves that the new method may be effectively used for ray tracing in complex environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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قاعدة البيانات: Complementary Index
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تدمد:00189480
DOI:10.1109/TMTT.2021.3138441