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It now remains to express k A 3 and k S 3 in terms of k 1 and k 2 from the
dispersion equation. It is possible to substitute fields
exp ik 3 x 3 into the set
(7.7)-(7.10). It is, however, more easy to substitute (7.69) into the dispersion
equations
k Az = ω 2
k Sx + k Sy + k Sz = ω 2
.
and
c 2 A
c 2 A
Then
ω 2
c 2 A
ω
c A sin I ,
k ( i,r )
A 3
k ( i,r )
S 3
k 1
k 2 ,
=
= k 1 cot I
(7.73)
where the upper sign refers to the incident waves and the lower to the reflected
waves. Thus, the electric and magnetic components of the Alfven and FMS-
waves above the ionosphere can be expressed as
E τ
b τ
= b ( i A
E ( i
b ( i )
exp ik ( i A x 3 + b ( i )
E ( i )
b ( i )
exp ik ( i S x 3
S
E ( r )
b ( r )
exp ik ( r )
A
E ( r )
b ( r )
exp ik ( r )
S
x 3 + b ( r )
S
x 3 , (7.74)
+ b ( r )
A
where
E τ = E 1
E 2
= E x
E y
,
b τ = b 1
b 2
= b x
b y
.
By virtue of normalization (7.68), the coecients b ( i )
A ,b ( r )
,b ( i )
S
and b ( r )
S are
the amplitude of the corresponding wave magnetic components transverse to
B 0 .
A
RMatrix
Introduce the (2
×
2) reflection coecients matrix R ( k )as
b ( r )
A
b ( r )
S
= R ( k ) b ( i A
b ( i )
S
,
R = R AA
.
R AS
(7.75)
R SA
R SS
The sense of elements R ik in matrix R ( k ) is clear from (7.75). If, for instance,
an Alfven wave with a unit magnetic amplitude is incident on the ionosphere,
then the reflected Alfven wave has the amplitude R AA and the reflected FMS-
wave amplitude is R SA . Rewrite (7.74) in matrix form:
E τ
b τ
= U ( i )
τ
exp i K ( i ) x 3 b ( i ) + U ( r )
τ
exp i K ( r ) x 3 b ( r ) ,
 
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