Remote auroral activity detection and modeling using low frequency transmitter signal reception at a midlatitude site
The low frequency propagation conditions along the path from Iceland to Germany (52° N 8° E) using the NRK/TFK 37.5 kHz transmitter (63.9° N 22.5° W) prove as an easy to monitor and reliable proxy for north auroral activity. Signal processing using wavelet decomposition allows for quantitative activ...
| Published in: | Annales Geophysicae |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2010
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-28-1807-2010 https://doaj.org/article/99a90ee73b034443969332961a02c343 |
| Summary: | The low frequency propagation conditions along the path from Iceland to Germany (52° N 8° E) using the NRK/TFK 37.5 kHz transmitter (63.9° N 22.5° W) prove as an easy to monitor and reliable proxy for north auroral activity. Signal processing using wavelet decomposition allows for quantitative activity level estimations. Calibration is based upon NOAA POES auroral activity data. Using an auroral oval model for the local intensity distribution of solar energetic particle precipitation and a wave propagation model ionospheric D-layer height decreases along the path can be derived. This in turn gives a hint to the low latitude extension and intensity of the auroral electrojet currents that can be responsible for communication and power systems failures. |
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