Ananalysisofsolvingtheelectromagneticscatteringbyburiedobjectsusingvectorwavefunctionexpansionispresented.Forexpandingtheboundaryconditionsbothontheplanarair-earthinterfaceandonthesphericalsurface,theconversionrelationsbetweenthecylindricalandsphericalvectorwavefunctionsarederived.Hencethevectorwavefunctionexpansionisconvenientlyappliedtosolvethiscomplexboundary-valueproblem.Fortheexcitationofthein-cidentplanewaveandthedipoleabovetheearth,thescatterlngpatternsoftheburiedconductinganddielectricspheresarepresentedanddiscussed.
