International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 245070, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/245070
Research Article
Calculation of Effective Earth Radius and Point Refractivity Gradient in UAE
Electrical Engineering Department, Ajman University of Science and Technology, Al-Jurf, P.O. Box 346 Ajman, UAE
Received 1 April 2010; Accepted 21 May 2010
Academic Editor: Tat Yeo
Copyright © 2010 Abdulhadi Abu-Almal and Kifah Al-Ansari. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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