Modeling Ground-Wave Propagation Across Sea Ice for Radio Navigation Applications

Hehenkamp, Niklas; Grundhöfer, Lars; Rizzi, Filippo Giacomo; Gewies, Stefan

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Modeling Ground-Wave Propagation Across Sea Ice for Radio Navigation Applications

Niklas Hehenkamp, Lars Grundhöfer, Filippo Giacomo Rizzi, and Stefan Gewies

Niklas Hehenkamp

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

niklas.hehenkamp@dlr.de

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9880-8451

Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Neustrelitz, Germany

Lars Grundhöfer

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8650-8280

Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Neustrelitz, Germany

Filippo Giacomo Rizzi

Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Neustrelitz, Germany

Stefan Gewies

Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Neustrelitz, Germany

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