Sensitive broadband ELF/VLF radio reception with the AWESOME instrument

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-17

  Cohen, Morris B ^a   Inan, Umran S ^b,c   Paschal, Evans W ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Whistler Radio Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifiers; Analog circuits; Broadband amplifiers; Ionosphere; Lightning; Low frequency (LF) radio; Magnetosphere; Radio receivers; Remote sensing; Waveguide antennas

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS; CROSS MODULATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS; ELF/VLF; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY (LF) RADIO; NEW INSTRUMENT; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PHASE RESPONSE; RADIO RECEPTION; RADIO SIGNALS; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; STANFORD UNIVERSITY; VERY LOW FREQUENCY; WAVEGUIDE ANTENNAS;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; ANTENNAS; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; LIGHTNING; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADIO RECEIVERS; REMOTE SENSING; WAVEGUIDES;

RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; INSTRUMENTATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIO WAVE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 73249132554     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2028334     Document Type: Article

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