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Damm [24]
3 years ago
13

Explain what the ionosphere is and how it interacts with some radio waves.

Physics
1 answer:
kumpel [21]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Explained

Explanation:

  • Ionosphere is the outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere,extending from 60 km to 1,000 km altitude.
  • It mainly consists of ionized gases by the solar radiation.
  • It is very important layer to Earth because it influences the radio propagation to distant places on Earth.
  • Being ionized it reflects high frequency(shortwave) radio waves to the sky as well as to the Earth by a technique called "skip" or "skywave" propagation for the communication over long distances.
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