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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
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/44ccc84634464b59ac39de141f9effff
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Summary: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 ionosphere. This paper describes the set-up of the narrowband system and demonstrates its capabilities with data from a set of solar flares on 08 February and 12 February 2010.

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