Direct multiple path magnetospheric propagation - A fundamental property of nonducted VLF waves

Details Direct multiple path magnetospheric propagation - A fundamental property of nonducted VLF waves Direct multiple path magnetospheric propagation - A fundamental property of nonducted VLF waves

May 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984jgr....89.2823s&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 89, May 1, 1984, p. 2823-2830.

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Earth Magnetosphere, Multipath Transmission, Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction, Space Plasmas, Very Low Frequencies, Wave Propagation, Whistlers, Electric Fields, International Sun Earth Explorer 1, Radio Transmitters, Time Lag

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An elongation of 20-200 ms, attributed to closely spaced multiple propagation paths between the satellite and the ground, is noted in well defined pulses observed by the ISEE 1 satellite in nonducted whistler mode signals from the Siple Station VLF transmitter. Electric field measurements show a 2 to 10 dB amplitude variation in the observed amplitude fading pattern which is also consistent with direct multiple path propagation. The results obtained for two cases, one outside and one inside the plasmapause, establish that the direct signals transmitted from the ground arrive almost simultaneously at any point in the magnetosphere along two or more closely spaced direct ray paths. It is also shown that multiple paths can be explained by assuming field-aligned irregularities, and the implications of these results for nonducted wave-particle interaction in the magnetosphere are discussed. For reasonable parameters of nonducted, multiple path propagation, a cyclotron-resonant electron will experience a wave Doppler broadening of a few tens to a few hundreds of Hz.

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