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LIAO Li, ZHAO Shufan, ZHANG Xuemin. Advances in the Study of Transionospheric Propagation of VLF Waves[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 2017, 37(3): 277-283. doi: 10.11728/cjss2017.03.277
Citation: LIAO Li, ZHAO Shufan, ZHANG Xuemin. Advances in the Study of Transionospheric Propagation of VLF Waves[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 2017, 37(3): 277-283. doi: 10.11728/cjss2017.03.277
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Advances in the Study of Transionospheric Propagation of VLF Waves

doi: 10.11728/cjss2017.03.277 cstr: 32142.14.cjss2017.03.277

  • 1. Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100081;

  • 2. Institute of Earthquake Science, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100036

  • Received Date: 2016-04-26
  • Rev Recd Date: 2016-12-20
  • Publish Date: 2017-05-15
    Abstract
  • Very Low Frequency (VLF) electromagnetic wave (3~30kHz) mainly radiated by lightening and ground-based VLF transmitters, which plays a very important role on controlling the distribution of high energy particles in the magnetosphere. VLF radiation can penetrate into the ionosphere, and propagate in whistler mode in the ionosphere, and interact with high energy particles in the magnetosphere. In this paper, the development of the calculation model of VLF wave penetrating into the ionosphere, the validation of the model and the application of the model in the study of the ionospheric phenomena are reviewed, and a preliminary outlook for future work has also been made.

     

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