The apparent spectral broadening of VLF transmitter signals during transionospheric propagation

Details The apparent spectral broadening of VLF transmitter signals during transionospheric propagation The apparent spectral broadening of VLF transmitter signals during transionospheric propagation

Jun 1983

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, June 1, 1983, p. 4813-4840. Research supported by the Department of C

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Electron Precipitation, Ionospheric Propagation, Ionospherics, Spectral Line Width, Very Low Frequencies, Doppler Effect, F Region, Hiss, Power Spectra, Radio Transmitters, Satellite Observation

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ISIS 1 and 2 and ISEE 1 VLF/ELF electric field wave data indicate the existence of a novel phenomenon, in which initially narrow band upgoing signals from ground-based VLF transmitters undergo a significant spectral broadening as they propagate through the ionosphere and protonosphere, up to altitudes in the 600-3800 km range. For transmitter signals in the 10-20 kHz range, the spectral broadening can be as high as 10 percent of the input signal's nominal frequency. In many cases, the bandwidth of the spectrally broadened signals is a strong function of the electric dipole antenna orientation with respect to the local direction of the earth's magnetic field. The unusual dispersion in the components of the spectrally broadened pulses suggests that the spectral broadening may be due to a Doppler shift effect in which the initial signals scatter from irregularities in the F region and couple into quasi-electrostatic modes of short wave length.

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