Medium frequency travel longer distances via skywave propagation, in which radio waves radiated at an angle into the sky are reflected (actually refracted) back to Earth by layers of charged particles (ions) in the ionosphere, the E and F layers. However at certain times the D layer (at a lower altitude than the refractive E and F layers) can be electronically noisy and absorb MF radio waves, interfering with skywave propagation. This happens when the ionosphere is heavily ionised, such as during the day, in summer and especially at times of high solar activity, At night, especially in winter months and at
Rough Waves Shukei (), whose still-extant paintings include a number of dynamic and mysterious images of sea waves, among them "Egret, Moon, and Wave" and "The Wind and the Waves". "Rough Waves" also reflects the influence of Tawaraya Sōtatsu, who specialized in gloomy landscapes, but is nevertheless an independent interpretation by Ogata of the frightening and violent force of the sea. "Rough Waves" impressed Ogata’s follower Sakai Hōitsu, who in 1805 created his work "Waves", in which he tried to convey a similar frightening atmosphere and a premonition of danger. At some time in the past, Hōitsu's family had commissioned work from