ELF/VLF emission observation by Polar Patrol Balloons

• Main Authors: Hisao Yamagishi, Taketoshi Miyake, Toshimi Okada, Akihiro Chino, Akira Kadokura, Yusuke Ebihara, Natsuo Sato, Hiroshi Takano
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 2006
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Syowa Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00009362; https://doaj.org/article/f9aea7a04822476592bb1e98ac147201

Circum-Antarctic balloons were launched from Syowa Station by the 44th Japanese Antarctic Research Experiment team in January 2003. Two balloons equipped with identical instruments were flown in formation around the Antarctic continent, in an attempt to separate temporal and spatial variations of the auroral phenomena. In this paper, we report instrument design, operation and some initial results of the ELF/VLF wave experiment by PPB No. 8 and 10 balloons.