Abstract:
Long-term, continuous recording of VLF (Very Low Frequency) radio noise characteristics at Halley Station, collected under the aims of the VELOX experiment (VLF/ELF Data Logger Experiment). Data captured includes amplitude, polarisation, azimuth arrival bearing, maximum/minimum over ten frequency bands (8 wide, 2 narrow) from 300 Hz to 10 kHz at a 1 s time resolution.
ELF/VLF measurements have been made in various forms at Halley since 1967. VELOX data are compatible with those from earlier loggers at Halley. For a full data description of BAS VLF/ELF data holdings, see BAS VLF/ELF/ULF Data Manual.
Keywords:
VLF, geospace, radio waves, very low frequency
| Use Constraints: | This data is released under a UK Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 |
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| Creation Date: | 2004-12-02 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK Polar Data Centre |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Mark A Clilverd |
| Role(s) | Investigator, Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Peter J Kirsch |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | For a publication describing the instrument and data, please see: Smith A.J. (1995) VELOX: a new VLF/ELF receiver in Antarctica for the Global Geospace Science mission. J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 57, 507-524. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0021-9169(94)00078-3 High Greave Associates VELOX Manual, on the intranet at http://basweb.nerc-bas.ac.uk/local/uasd/documents/manuals/veloxman.pdf Chapter 9 of the BAS VLF/ELF/ULF Data Manual, on the intranet at http://basweb.nerc-bas.ac.uk/local/uasd/documents/manuals/dataman.pdf |
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| Lineage/Methodology: | ELF/VLF measurements have been made in various forms at Halley since 1967, see the BAS VLF/ELF/ULF Data Manual. The basic software supplied with the VELOX instrument for analysing the data is documented in Section 9.16 of the VLF/ELF/ULF Data Manual. | |
| Ownership: | NERC - Natural Environment Research Council BAS - British Antarctic Survey |
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| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 1992-01-14 |
| End Date | N/A |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | N/A |
| Northernmost | N/A |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | N/A |
| Easternmost | N/A |
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| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | 6 m |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Data Resolution: | |
| Latitude Resolution | 30-1000km |
| Longitude Resolution | 30-1000km |
| Horizontal Resolution Range | N/A |
| Vertical Resolution | N/A |
| Vertical Resolution Range | N/A |
| Temporal Resolution | N/A |
| Temporal Resolution Range | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Detailed Location | Halley Research Station |
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| Data Collection: | VLF/ELF radio wave power, polarisation, arrival bearing, maximum/ minimum, and impulse counts, in 10 frequency bands from 300 Hz to 10 kHz. Time period = between 0 and 5 seconds before the reception time. |
| Data Storage: | Storage format = BINARY Storage media = UNIX Storage location = BAS SAN /data/uasd3/uas_data/vlf/velox/ Dataset volume = 16 Gb |
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