RECOMMENDATION ITU-R P.526-8 - Propagation by diffraction Annex 1 1 Introduction 2 Fresnel ellipsoids and Fresnel zones 3 Diffraction over a spherical earth 3.1 Numerical calculation 3.1.1 Influence of the electrical characteristics of the surface of the Earth 3.1.2 Diffraction field strength formulae 3.2 Calculation by nomograms 4 Diffraction over obstacles and irregular terrain 4.1 Single knife-edge obstacle 4.2 Finite-width screen 4.3 Single rounded obstacle 4.4 Double isolated edges 4.5 General method for one or more obstacles 4.6 Finitely conducting wedge obstacle 5 Obstacle surface smoothness criterion