Deep Space Communications and Navigation Series
Joseph H. Yuen, Editor-in-Chief

Volume 6
Radio Occultations Using Earth Satellites: A Wave Theory Treatment Hard copies are now published by John Wiley & Sons      - William G. Melbourne
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	Foreword	xvii
	Preface	xix
	Acknowledgement	xxiii
	Chapter 1: Introduction	1
	Chapter 2: Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves from a Spherical Boundary Using a Thin Phase Screen Model and Scalar Diffraction Theory	77
	Chapter 3: Scattering from a Large Transparent Sphere Based on Maxwell�s Equations: Mie Scattering Theory	171
	Chapter 4: Wave Propagation in a Stratified Medium: The Thin-Film Approach	271
	Chapter 5: Propagation and Scattering in a Spherical-Stratified Refracting Medium	329
	Chapter 6: The Inverse Problem: Using Spectral Theory to Recover the Atmospheric Refractivity Profile	491
	Appendix A: Miscellaneous Derivations	533
	Appendix B: Caustic Surfaces	557
	Appendix C: Multiple Ray Path Separation Altitudes	563
	Appendix D: Third-Order Stationary Phase Theory	571
	Appendix E: Bending by a Gaussian Electron Density Distribution	581
	Appendix F: The Effect of Cycle Slips on Recovered Refractivity	583
	Appendix G: Using the Sommerfeld�Watson Transformation	587
	Appendix H: Characteristic Matrix in a Stack of Airy Layers	599
	Appendix I: Field Equations in a Stratified Medium	605
	Appendix J: Conditions for Near-Equivalence between	607
	Glossary	611
	Acronyms and Abbreviations	619