The statistics of natural ELF/VLF waves derived from a long continuous set of ground-based observations at high latitude

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 463-475

  Smith, A J ^a   Horne, R B ^b   Meredith, N P ^b  

^a VLF/ELF Radio Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chorus; ELF VLF; Radio noise; Whistler mode

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC STATIONS; ANTARCTICA; CONTINUOUS DATA; DATA SETS; ELF/VLF; FREQUENCY RANGES; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH QUALITY; LOCAL TIME; LOW ALTITUDES; RADIO NOISE; RECEIVER NOISE; RESEARCH STATIONS; SOLAR CYCLE; SOURCE FUNCTIONS; SOURCE REGION; TIME-SCALES; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS; WHISTLER-MODE WAVES; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SOLAR ENERGY;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950516220     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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