Solar flares detected by the new narrowband VLF receiver at SANAE IV

• Main Authors: Hanna Dahlgren, Torbjörn Sundberg, Andrew Collier, Etienne Koen, Stephen Meyer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2011
• Subjects: ionosphere; VLF waves; solar flares; remote sensing; wave propagation; Science; Q; Science (General); Q1-390; Social Sciences; H; Social sciences (General); H1-99; SANAE; SANAE IV; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/03e52e5fdfe94cb59b5e2cdcd98bdf0e

A narrowband receiver was installed at the SANAE IV base in Antarctica to monitor specific very low frequency (VLF) radio signals from transmitters around the world. VLF waves propagating through the Earth-Ionosphere Waveguide are excellent probes of the varying properties of the lower region of the...