SUBJECT INDEX 429 



Refractive index, atmospheric radio (see also Refractivity) 



applications of, 12-14, 31-34, 36, 49-87, 136-138, 150-152, 165-166, 174, 223, 



231-266, 311, 319-323, 326-329, 335-336, 357, 359-362, 394 



definition, 23 



dispersion, 5, 8 



expressions for, 3-7 



general discussion of, 1-8, 16-17, 19-20, 49, 89-90, 92, 103, 109-110, 125, 129, 



133, 135, 163-166, 169-170, 173-175, 178, 185-195, 211, 222, 311, 314, 332- 



333, 342-343, 356, 404 

 vertical gradient of (see also Delta-A^), 13-14, 19, 36, 38, 52, 56-57, 64, 77, 106-107, 



132, 138-140, 142, 180, 182, 189, 195, 236, 240-241, 248, 264, 319, 357, 361-364 

 vertical profile of, 14-15, 40, 42-45, 52, 59, 62, 135, 173-176, 179-180, 182, 187, 



211, 222, 229, 240, 247-252, 254, 257-258, 331-332, 334, 339-342, 363, 366 

 Refractivity (see also Refractive index) 



applications of, 12-13, 19-20, 49-87, 105-107, 136-170, 178-181, 190, 229-266, 



319-373, 375-396 

 as a function of height (see Models) 

 definition, 4, 90, 357 

 diurnal range (see Diurnal range) 

 expressions for, 4-7 



constants in, 4-11 



errors in, 9-12 

 measurement of, 23-45 



accuracy and errors in, 24-32, 34-36, 38-45 

 near the ground (surface values), 15-20, 36, 42-43, 53-54, 58, 61, 63-80, 89-163, 



176-182, 186-187, 192, 194, 197-205, 223, 229-230, 233-237, 239, 243-246, 



258, 261-266, 311-312, 319-321, 333-356, 361-363, 365-367, 369-370, 373, 



375-388, 392-396, 404-422 

 of atmospheric constituents 



carbon dioxide, 5 



dry air (see also Dry term), 9 



oxygen, 9 



water vapor (see also Wet term), 9 

 potential (see ^4 -unit) 

 scale heights of (see Scale height) 

 synoptic variation of (see Frontal zone) 

 vertical gradient of (see also Delta-AA), 9-12, 15, 20, 33, 36, 42-43, 61, 63-66, 



73-77, 79, 106, 114, 123, 129-131, 136, 143, 145, 147-148, 150, 152, 166, 



168, 229-230, 234-241, 243-244, 246, 248, 250, 264-266, 342, 362-363, 



365-367, 370-371, 373, 375, 378, 389, 394-396 

 vertical profile of (see also CRPL Standard N-profile Sample), 15, 17-19, 42-45, 



54-55, 57, 59-68, 70-71, 73, 75, 77-79, HI, 115, 117, 122, 129, 135, 138- 



139, 146, 162-164, 167-170, 174-177, 194, 211-227, 235, 244-245, 263, 266, 



321, 329, 336-339, 341, 344, 375, 381 

 Refractometer, 8, 23, 31-38, 334 

 Resonant frequencies (absorption lines) 

 of oxygen, 270-275, 280 

 of water vapor, 270-275, 280 

 Rocket Panel data, 64 



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Satellite telecommunications, 65, 175 



Saturation vapor pressure, exponential assumption for, 260 



Scale height 



of absorption, 283 



of refractivity, 15-17, 92-93, 108, 186, 261-263, 311-312, 314-322 



of dry term, 93, 261, 263, 311-3)2, 314-322 



of wet term, 93, 262-263, 311-312, 314-322 

 Scattering by atmospheric constituents (see also Attenuation) 185, 247-248, 255, 



269-270, 292 

 Schulkin's method of computing refraction, 54-55, 80, 179, 375-376, 390-391 

 Sea breeze, relative to duct formation, 134-135, 323 

 Seasonal index (seasonal ratio), 129-130 



