Original scientific paper
Observational detection of meteor-produced VLF electromagnetic radiation
S. Garaj
; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Bijenička 32, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; I. G. A. - Département de Physique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne - EPFL, Switzerland
D. Vinković
; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
G. Zgrablić
; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Bijenička 32, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
D. Kovačić
; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Bijenička 32, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
S. Gradečak
; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Bijenička 32, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
N. Biliškov
; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Bijenička 32, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
N. Grbac
; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Bijenička 32, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Z. Andreić
; Thin Films Laboratory, Department of Materials Science, "R. Bošković" Institute, Bijenička 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In November 1998, Croatian Physical Society's expedition to Mongolia was undertaken. The goal was to make measurements of the puzzling electrophonic sounds and very low frequency (VLF) radio emission from meteors during the anticipated Leonid meteor storm. During the night of 16/17 November 1998, an extremely high fireball activity of the Leonid meteors occured. During this period, we performed measurements of the VLF radiation from meteors. Here we present a positive signal which consists of a sequence of sharp, short VLF bursts, coincident with the appearance of meteor that was recorded by the video camera. This is the first completely controlled instrumental recording of such an event.
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Hrčak ID:
300930
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Publication date:
1.7.1999.
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