AN EXPERIMENT IN ARCTIC VLF NAVIGATION.

The passage of ice island ARLIS II into the East Greenland Sea early in 1965 and the resulting higher drift rate made necessary a more continuous type of navigation than was possible with celestial navigation. An experimental VLF system was available which could theoretically provide navigational ac...

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Main Author: Redell, Karl R.
Other Authors: WISCONSIN UNIV-MADISON GEOPHYSICAL AND POLAR RESEARCH CENTER
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1965
Subjects:
Underwater and Marine Navigation and Guidance
*ARCTIC REGIONS)
(*RADIO NAVIGATION
(*VERY LOW FREQUENCY
RADIO NAVIGATION)
WEATHER
ICE ISLANDS
GREENLAND SEA
POSITION FINDING
NAVIGATION
PHASE MEASUREMENT
ARLIS-2
Arctic
Greenland
East Greenland
Greenland Sea
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0630786
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Summary:The passage of ice island ARLIS II into the East Greenland Sea early in 1965 and the resulting higher drift rate made necessary a more continuous type of navigation than was possible with celestial navigation. An experimental VLF system was available which could theoretically provide navigational accuracies of plus or minus 2 miles. Three VLF stations (GBR, NSS, and NPG) were received on the island. The VLF phase tracking data was in error, however, due to defective preset counters in the frequency synthesizers. Operational problems and potentials of the system in Arctic use are discussed. (Author)

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