Atmospheric interpretation of anomalous terrestrial emission serendipitously discovered in radioastronomy data at 1 Gigahertz

A publication in the Astrophysical Journal [1] reported the discovery of swept-frequency, terrestrial emission in a search for astrophysical pulses. The emission's origin has yet to be determined; its attributes are atypical of known sources of terrestrial signals. We review the observed proper...

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Main Authors: Burke-Spolaor, S., Ekers, R., Macquart, Jean-Pierre
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34232
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description A publication in the Astrophysical Journal [1] reported the discovery of swept-frequency, terrestrial emission in a search for astrophysical pulses. The emission's origin has yet to be determined; its attributes are atypical of known sources of terrestrial signals. We review the observed properties of the emission and present a simple model for a physical mechanism that could occur in the atmosphere to produce it. If this mechanism is the cause of the emission, its origin may lie in secondary effects of lightning production in the upper atmosphere. © 2011 IEEE.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-342322017-09-13T15:06:34Z Atmospheric interpretation of anomalous terrestrial emission serendipitously discovered in radioastronomy data at 1 Gigahertz Burke-Spolaor, S. Ekers, R. Macquart, Jean-Pierre A publication in the Astrophysical Journal [1] reported the discovery of swept-frequency, terrestrial emission in a search for astrophysical pulses. The emission's origin has yet to be determined; its attributes are atypical of known sources of terrestrial signals. We review the observed properties of the emission and present a simple model for a physical mechanism that could occur in the atmosphere to produce it. If this mechanism is the cause of the emission, its origin may lie in secondary effects of lightning production in the upper atmosphere. © 2011 IEEE. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34232 10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6051033 restricted
spellingShingle Burke-Spolaor, S.
Ekers, R.
Macquart, Jean-Pierre
Atmospheric interpretation of anomalous terrestrial emission serendipitously discovered in radioastronomy data at 1 Gigahertz
title Atmospheric interpretation of anomalous terrestrial emission serendipitously discovered in radioastronomy data at 1 Gigahertz
title_full Atmospheric interpretation of anomalous terrestrial emission serendipitously discovered in radioastronomy data at 1 Gigahertz
title_fullStr Atmospheric interpretation of anomalous terrestrial emission serendipitously discovered in radioastronomy data at 1 Gigahertz
title_full_unstemmed Atmospheric interpretation of anomalous terrestrial emission serendipitously discovered in radioastronomy data at 1 Gigahertz
title_short Atmospheric interpretation of anomalous terrestrial emission serendipitously discovered in radioastronomy data at 1 Gigahertz
title_sort atmospheric interpretation of anomalous terrestrial emission serendipitously discovered in radioastronomy data at 1 gigahertz
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34232