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A solution is given for the problem of a plane wave incident obliquely 011 a circular cylinder of infinite length. The electric properties of the cylinder are taken to be homogeneous and isotropic but otherwise arbitrary. I t is shown that in the general case the scattered field contains a significant cross-polarized com onent which vanishes a t normal incidence. While the solutiotl is derived for t t e magnetic vector of the incident wave transverse to the axis of the cylinder, the corresponding result for the other polarization can be obtained from symmetry.1Manuscripl

This book [1] was written at an important point in the development of applications of electromagnetic (radio) waves to communications, navigation, and remote sensing. Such applications require accurate propagation predictions for a variety of path conditions, and this book provides the theoretical basis for such predictions. The book is based on fundamental research in electromagnetic wave propagation that James R. Wait performed in the Central Radio Propagation Laboratory (CRPL) of NBS from 1956 to 1962. The mathematical theory in the book is very general, and the "stratified media" models are applicable to the earth crust, the troposphere, and the ionosphere. The frequencies of the communication, navigation, and remote sensing applications treated in this book range all the way from extremely low frequencies (ELF) to microwaves.

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