Electromagnetic waves propagation through a stochastic anisotropic medium

Electromagnetic waves propagating through a stochastic medium are disturbed by field fluctuations. These can be treated by use of multiple scattering theories in order to get realistic results. In this paper the multiple scattering theory developed by B.J. Uscinski is employed for anisotropic media and first and second-order field moments are calculated. Extending an earlier paper the author considers primary fields with an arbitrary angle of incidence in order to investigate problems of practical interest (i.e.: radio propagation through the ionosphere between satellite and ground stations). As a result it is shown that the attenuation factor of the first order field moment depends strongly on the angle of incidence due to media fluctuations. (Auth.)