Skip to content
Open
Changes from 1 commit
Commits
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension

Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Attenuation defines the rate of amplitude loss an EM wave experiences at it prop
.. _harmonic_planewaves_homogeneous_attenuation_formula:

.. math::
A(z) = A_0 e^{\beta z}
A(z) = A_0 e^{-\beta z}

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Author

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

must be minus in order to attenuate the amplitude.

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Author

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

If it is positive, the "z" values must be negative. I think we can clarify this in some sentences. For example "z subsurface is between zero and -infinity". That is because, in several books, the "z" is positive, thus, the beta value in the amplitude equation must be with a minus.


where absolute :math:`A` is the amplitude, :math:`A_0` is the absolute amplitude at :math:`z` = 0 m and:

Expand Down