DocumentCode
1923804
Title
Atmospheric interpretation of anomalous terrestrial emission serendipitously discovered in radioastronomy data at 1 Gigahertz
Author
Burke-Spolaor, Sarah ; Ekers, Ron ; Macquart, Jean-Pierre
Author_Institution
CSIRO Astron. & Space Sci., Epping, NSW, Australia
fYear
2011
fDate
13-20 Aug. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
A publication in the Astrophysical Journal [1] reported the discovery of swept-frequency, terrestrial emission in a search for astrophysical pulses. The emission´s origin has yet to be determined; its attributes are atypical of known sources of terrestrial signals. We review the observed properties of the emission and present a simple model for a physical mechanism that could occur in the atmosphere to produce it. If this mechanism is the cause of the emission, its origin may lie in secondary effects of lightning production in the upper atmosphere.
Keywords
atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; lightning; anomalous terrestrial emission; astrophysical pulses; lightning production; radioastronomy data; swept-frequency discovery; terrestrial signals; Atmospheric modeling; Delay; Ionization; Plasmas; Storms; Terrestrial atmosphere;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI
Conference_Location
Istanbul
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5117-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6051033
Filename
6051033
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