Quasi-periodic VLF emissions and concurrent magnetic pulsations seen at L = 4

• Published in: Planetary and Space Science
• Main Author: Morrison, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1990
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520515/; https://doi.org/10.1016/0032-0633(90)90161-I

The first observations are presented from Halley, Antarctica, of quasi-periodic (QP)_VLF intensity variations modulated at the frequency of concurrent Pc3 magnetic pulsations. Seen on broadband frequency-time plots, the QP emissions are of both the dispersive and non-dispersive types. From the frequency and phase variation with time of the QP emissions and magnetic pulsations, estimates are obtained of the travel times of the ULF waves from the interaction region to the ground. The observations appear consistent with the idea of modulation of a pre-existing VLF hiss source in the magnetosphere by the compressional components of ULF waves. A significant change in the travel time during one event is consistent with a crossing of the plasmapause by the Halley fieldline.