COORDINATED HIGH-LATITUDE EXPERIMENTS FOR THE SIMULATION OF NUCLEAR-BURST EFFECTS ON VLF SYSTEMS.

• Main Authors: Griffin, G. A., Haas, R. W., Imhof, G. W., Lambert, N. E., Musser, J. M.
• Other Authors: HRB-SINGER INC STATE COLLEGE PA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1967
• Subjects: Radio Communications; *VERY LOW FREQUENCY; *RADIO TRANSMISSION; POLAR REGIONS; PROPAGATION; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; AIRBURST; SIMULATION; ATTENUATION; IONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; SOLAR FLARES; SOLAR DISTURBANCES; SUNSPOTS; ELECTRON DENSITY; RIOMETERS; AURORAE; HIGH ALTITUDE; PROTONS; BETA PARTICLES; CANADA; PENNSYLVANIA; ICELAND; GREENLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; SWITZERLAND; PARTICLE COLLISIONS; PCA(POLAR CAP ABSORPTION); Canada; Greenland; Iceland; Thule
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0823906; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0823906

This report describes some coordinated high-latitude experiments for simulating nuclear-burst effects on long-range VLF propagation. The program consists of six parts: (1) Collection and study of VLF phase and amplitude data over six long-range, high-latitude VLF propagation paths and 2 middle latitude control paths; (2) Collection and study of ionospheric data (cosmic noise absorption data) near Reykjavik, Iceland, and Thule, Greenland; (3) Collection and study of other VLF data and ionospheric data from external sources (including satellite data); (4) Study and comparison of items 1 through 3 with nuclear test VLF data; (5) Collection and study of rapid phase VLF data at Thule, Greenland; and (6) Installation and operation of a patrol spectrograph to study polar glow auroral effects.