Investigating the Effect of Natural and Technogenic Atmospheric Disturbances of the Northern Hemisphere on the Electromagnetic Environment in the Antarctic (P-072)

Abstract

This report results from a contract tasking National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine as follows: The Project is aimed at studying the effect of high-energy natural and/or technogenic processes in the Northern hemisphere in the electromagnetic conditions of the Antarctic region. The observations are to be held at the Ukrainian 'Antarctic base (UAB) Academician Vemadsky' at 65 S, 64 W. The Antarctic is known to be the only continent where industrial production is prohibited and sizable electric power sources and consumers are absent. As a result. the electromagnetic 'climate' in the region is controlled mostly by processes in the lithosphere, atmosphere and magnetosphere. Besides, the Antarctic region is characterized by little, if any thunderstorm activity, that being the principal source of radio interference at low and middle latitudes at frequencies of fractions of one hertz to tens of megahertz. Hence, the natural conditions in the region are favorable for investigating the electromagnetic processes occurring in different parts of the world, such as the global thunderstorm activity, large-scale geomagnetic disturbances, the low frequency radiation from the lithosphere on the earthquake eve, and so forth.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA424281

Entities

People

  • Yuri Yampolski

Organizations

  • National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Disturbances
  • Computational Science
  • Continents
  • Data Processing
  • Detection
  • Electric Power
  • Electromagnetic Environments
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Frequency Shift
  • Magnetic Disturbances
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Radio Signals
  • Radio Waves
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.