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Solar flares detected by the new narrowband VLF receiver at SANAE IV

Hanna Dahlgren, Torbjörn Sundberg, Andrew B. Collier, Etienne Koen, Stephen Meyer
South African Journal of Science | Vol 107, No 9/10 | a491 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajs.v107i9/10.491 | © 2011 Hanna Dahlgren, Torbjörn Sundberg, Andrew B. Collier, Etienne Koen, Stephen Meyer | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 25 October 2010 | Published: 06 September 2011

About the author(s)

Hanna Dahlgren, Space and Plasma Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Torbjörn Sundberg, Space and Plasma Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Andrew B. Collier, SANSA Space Science, South Africa
Etienne Koen, Plasma Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Stephen Meyer, SANSA Space Science, South Africa

Abstract

A narrowband receiver was installed at the SANAE IV base in Antarctica to monitor specific very low frequency (VLF) radio signals from transmitters around the world. VLF waves propagating through the Earth–Ionosphere Waveguide are excellent probes of the varying properties of the lower region of the ionosphere. This paper describes the set-up of the narrowband system and demonstrates its capabilities with data from a set of solar flares on 08 February and 12 February 2010.

Keywords

ionosphere; VLF waves; solar flares; remote sensing; wave propagation

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