Nonducted coherent VLF waves and associated triggered emissions observed on the ISEE-1 satellite

• Main Authors: Bell, T. F., Inan, U. S., Helliwell, R. A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1981
• Subjects: 46; Antarctic; Canada; Siple; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19810054553

A description is given of new observations of nonducted coherent VLF waves from ground-based transmitters and associated VLF emissions in the magnetosphere. The data reported were acquired by the Stanford University VLF Wave Injection Experiment on the ISEE-1 satellite. The experiment has four main components, including a broadband (1-32 kHz) VLF receiver on ISEE-1 connected to a long electric antenna, a broadband (1-20 kHz) controllable VLF transmitter located at Siple Station in the Antarctic, various VLF navigation and communications transmitters, and ground stations in the Antarctic and Canada. The main goal of the experiment is to acquire understanding of interactions between coherent VLF waves and energetic particles in the magnetosphere, in particular the whistler mode instability through which both natural and stimulated VLF emissions are produced.