This volume gives easy access to the latest and best publications across the broad area of electromagnetics and communications. Compiled under the auspices of the International Union of Radio Science, it covers the three-year period between 1990 and 1992. Over 50 subdivisions of the subject are reviewed and summarized by leading experts. Topics include electromagnetic metrology, field and waves, signals and systems, electronics photonics, electromagnetic noise and interference, wave propagation and remote sensing, ionospheric radio and propagation, waves in plasmas, radio astronomy, and electromagnetics in biology and medicine. Researchers, students, and practicing engineers needing a guide to the vast literature in electromagnetics, communications, and other radio science disciplines will welcome this book.

Commission A: Electromagnetic Meteorology P.I. Somlo

1. The International System of Units: Its Evolution, C. Egidi

2. The Current State of the Art of Coherent Fiber Communications, F. Ebskamp, P. Jeppesen, and R.J.S. Pedersen

Commission B: Fields and Waves S. Strom

3. Iterative Methods for Radio Wave Problems, R.E. Kleinman and P.M. van den Berg

4. Asymptotic Theory of Pulse Propagation in Absorbing and Dispersive Dielectrics, K.E. Oughstun and G.C. Sherman

5. Application of the Image Concept in Electromagnetics, I.V. Lindell

6. A Survey of Integral-Equation Techniques for Three-Dimensional Microstrip Structures, J.R. Mosig

Commission C: Signals and Systems P.A. Matthews

7. Code-Division Multiple Access for Commercial Communications, M. Suerst

8. Picture Coding, P. Delogne

9. Recent Advances in Error-Control Coding for Mobile Radio Systems, P. Farrell

Commission D: Electronics Photonics

10. New Trends in High-Speed and Microwave III-V Devices, G. Salmer, P.A. Rolland, and D. Lippens

11. Communications Applications of Superconductivity, M. Nisenoff

Commission E: Electromagnetic Noise and Interference P. Degauque

12. High-power Electromagnetics, R.L. Gardner

13. Interaction with and Protection of Complex Electrical Systems, C. Baum, P. Degauque, and M. Ianoz

14. Lasting Effects of Transients on Equipment Performance, V. Scuka, P. Degauque, and B. Demoulin

15. Terrestrial and Planetary Electromagnetic Noise, M. Hayakawa

16. Extraterrestrial and Terrestrial Meteorologic-Electric Environment with Noise and Chaos, H. Kikuchi

Commission F: Wave Propogation and Remote Sensing R.K. Moore

17. Microwave Remote Sensing of Terrain, R.H. Lang

18. Radar Backscattering in Meteorology, L.P. Ligthart

19. Recent Propogation Studies for Land-Mobile Radio Communications, M. Mizuno, E. Moriyama, and T. Manabe

20. Radar Views of the Ocean's Surface, K. Raney

21. Research on Propagation Impairments to Satellite Communications, E.K. Smith and W.L. Flock

22. Propagation at Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Wavelengths, P.A. Watson

Commission G: Ionospheric Radio and Propagation K.C. Yeh

23. A Review of Ionospheric Radio Techniques: Present Status and Recent Improvements, R.D. Hunsucker

24. A Review of Ionospheric Structure and Modeling, S.A. Maurits and G.S. Ivanov-Kholodny

25. A Review of Ionospheric Radio Propagation, S.J. Franke

Commission H: Waves in Plasmas F. Lefeuvre

26. Nonlinear Wave Theories and Observation in Space, R. Pottelette and R. Treuman

27. Computer Experiments of Nonlinear Kinetic Processes in Space Plasma, H. Hoshino

28. Active Experiments in Space, R. Anderson

29. Electromagnetic Effects (Earth's Surface, Ionosphere, and Magnetosphere) Associated with Earthquakes, O.A. Molchanov

30. Nonlinear Resonance Effects Produced in the F Region by High-Power Radio Waves, F.T. Djuth

31. Computer Simulation of Magneto-Hydrodynamic Processes in Space Plasmas, M. Scholer

32. Electromagnetic and Electrostatic Cyclotron Waves in Magnetospheric and Laboratory Plasmas: Theory, Simulations , and Experiments, S.S. Sazhin

33. Whistlers and Particle Precipitation, M. Rycroft

Commission J: Radio Astronomy A. Tzioumis

34. A Review of Advances in VLBI Techniques, A.E.E. Rogers

35. A Review of Pulsars, S. Johnston and M. Bailes

Commission K: Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine P. Bernardi

36. Biophysical Mechanisms of Interaction, S.F. Cleary

37. Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields and Radiation, R.D. Saunders, N.A. Cridland, C.I. Kowalczuk, and Z.J. Sienkiewicz

38. Diagnostic Applications of Electromagnetic Fields, J.C. Lin

39. Therapeutic Applications of Electromagnetic Fields, J.W. Hand and R. Cadossi

40. Human Exposure Measurement amd Dosimetry, L. Paulsson