The Magnetosphere as a Communication Medium at Very Low Frequencies.
Abstract
The potential exists for communications at very low frequencies (<30 kHz) from a satellite-borne transmitter to receivers with subsurface-antennas. A calculation of the link margin must include plasma antenna effects, coupling to the whistler mode of propagation, ducting through the plasma medium, wave-particle interactions along the propagation path, transmission through the ionosphere, and finally coupling to the subsurface antenna through the earth-ionosphere wave guide. Propagation will also be characterized by multipath ducting in electron density troughs and gradient ducting by the plasmapause. The observational evidence for each of these phenomena is reviewed, and the physics of each is discussed with specific reference to the implications of each for a satellite-to-ground VLF communication link. (Author Modified Abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 28, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0759258
Entities
People
- Harry C. Koons
Organizations
- The Aerospace Corporation