Tropospheric wave

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4-1-985

A wave which travels between points on or near the surface of the earth by a path or paths lying wholly within the troposphere, and the propagation of which is determined primarily by the distribution of refractive index in the troposphere.

Reference: N.T.G.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)