Structure of the polar electrojet antenna
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Riddolls, Ryan James, 1974-
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Min-Chang Lee.
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Field experiments were performed in Gakona, Alaska in August and November 2002. The ionospheric conductivity was periodically perturbed using amplitude-modulated radiation from the HAARP HF transmitter (1 MW power, 14 dB gain, 3.3-5.8 MHz carrier, 0.1-40 kHz modulation). The conductivity perturbations lead to perturbations to the natural flow of electrojet current in the lower ionosphere, resulting in ELF/VLF radiation at the modulation frequency. Measurements of the radiation, along with analytic and numerical models, suggest that a vertical loop with a scale size of 10 km is the dominant current structure excited during the experiments.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003. Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-156). This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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2003Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer SciencePublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.