The trimpi effect in antarctica: observations and models

• Published in: Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• Main Authors: Smith, A.J., Cotton, P.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1990
• Subjects: South Pole; Siple; Faraday; Trimpi; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520874/; https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9169(90)90103-T

LEP (lightning electron precipitation) bursts can be detected on the ground because they cause transient perturbations (known as ‘Trimpi events’) in the received amplitude and phase of subionospherically propagating radio waves, typically at VLF. The occurrence of mid-latitude Trimpis at Halley (eve...