Total Refraction
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Total Refraction
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The return of waves out of a
medium or layer, due to refraction.
Total refraction occurs most readily at low elevation angles. For any suitable
layer in the atmosphere, there is a critical beam elevation angle below which
total refraction can occur. In the ionosphere this angle is frequency
dependent.
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References
This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use
