Surface wave

In physics, a **surface wave** can refer to a mechanical wave that propagates along the interface between differing media, usually two fluids with different densities.  A surface wave can also be an electromagnetic wave guided by a refractive index gradient.  For radio waves, a **ground wave** is a surface wave that propagates close to the surface of the Earth.

### Waves

- Ocean surface waves, internal waves and crests, dispersion, and freak waves
- List of wave topics

### People

- Arnold Sommerfeld – published the mathematical treatise on the _zenneck wave_

### Other websites

- Eric W. Weisstein, _et al._, "_Surface Wave_", Eric Weisstein's World of Physics, 2006.
- "_Surface waves _". Integrated Publishing (tpub.com).
- Brett Ketter, "_Surface Wave Theory _". University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
- David Reiss, "_Electromagnetic surface waves_". The Net Advance of Physics: Special Reports, No. 1
- Gary L. Peterson, "_Rediscovering the Zenneck wave_". Feed Line No. 4. (_ed_. reproduction available online at Twenty First Century Books)

### Standards and doctrines

- "_Surface wave _". Telecom Glossary 2000, ATIS Committee T1A1, Performance and Signal Processing, T1.523-2001.
- "_Surface wave _", Federal Standard 1037C.
- "_Surface wave_", MIL-STD-188
- "_Multi-service tactics, techniques, and procedures for the High-Frequency Automatic Link Establishment (HF-ALE): FM 6-02.74; MCRP 3-40.3E; NTTP 6-02.6; AFTTP(I) 3-2.48; COMDTINST M2000.7_" Sept., 2003.

### Books

- Waldron, Richard Arthur, "_Theory of guided electromagnetic waves_". London, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970.  LCCN 69019848 //r86
- Weiner, Melvin M., "_Monopole antennas_" New York, Marcel Dekker, 2003.
- Budden, K. G., "_The wave-guide mode theory of wave propagation_". London, Logos Press; Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, c1961. LCCN 62002870 /L

### Journals and papers

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- Wait, J. R., "_Lateral Waves and the Pioneering Research of the Late Kenneth A Norton_".
- Wait, J. R., and D. A. Hill, "_Excitation of the HF surface wave by vertical and horizontal apertures_". Radio Science, 14, 1979, pp 767–780.
- Wait, J. R., and D. A. Hill, "_Excitation of the Zenneck surface by a vertical aperture_", Radio Science, 13, 1978, pp. 967–977.
- Wait, J. R., "_A note on surface waves and ground waves_", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Nov 1965. Vol. 13, Issue 6, pg 996- 997 ISSN 0096-1973
- Wait, J. R., "_The ancient and modern history of EM ground-wave propagation_". IEEE Antennas Propagat. Mag., vol. 40, pp. 7–24, Oct. 1998.
- Wait, J. R., "_Appendix C: On the theory of ground wave propagation over a slightly roughned curved earth_", _Electromagnetic Probing in Geophysics_. Boulder, CO., Golem, 1971, pp. 37–381.
- Wait, J. R., "_Electromagnetic surface waves_", _Advances in Radio Research_, 1, New York, Academic Press, 1964, pp. 157–219.

### Other media

- L.A. Ostrovsky (ed.), "_Laboratory modeling and theoretical studies of surface wave modulation by a moving sphere_", Environmental Technology Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Laboratories, 2002. OCLC 50325097