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.

## Related pages
### 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 articles, further reading, and references
### 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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;37–381.
* Wait, J. R., "*Electromagnetic surface waves*", *Advances in Radio Research*, 1, New York, Academic Press, 1964, pp.&nbsp;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