IONOSPHERIC MODIFICATION WITH A VLF TRANSMITTER

被引:24
作者
INAN, US
RODRIGUEZ, JV
LEVTOV, S
OH, J
机构
[1] Telecommunications and Radioscience Laboratory, Stanford University, California
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10.1029/92GL02378
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
摘要
Detectable heating of the nighttime D region by a 28.5 kHz signal is observed in 16 out of 144 cases with events occurring under conditions of moderate to low D region electron densities as represented by the unperturbed VLF signal levels. Three dimensional modeling of the effects of NAU heating on a probe VLF signal predicts values in general agreement with observations and suggests that maximum effects should occur under tenuous D region conditions.
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页码:2071 / 2074
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