The paper discusses ELF-VLF investigations of the low Antarctic ionosphere. Two new methods of lower ionospheric diagnostics are based on an investigation of the VLF electromagnetic field structure in the Earth-ionosphere cavity. One method deals with the analysis of local transverse cavity resonances in the near field of an emitter (a horizontal antenna) with a frequency (~1.5-8 kHz) in the range of the first few resonances. The other method, based on tweek investigations, is applicable under night conditions and enables the characteristics of the low ionosphere to be determined over a signal propagation path. The use of the ELF-VLF transmitter at Siple Station provides a unique opportunity to implement these methods, as does the ELF multipoint recording in the Schumann resonance band of atmospherics excited by powerful lightning discharges.
The paper summarizes experimental efforts of the Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN) undertaken in search of the biggest part of Chelyabinsk meteorite in the bottom of lake Chebarkul, South Ural, Russia, and to estimate the ecological effects of its subsequent excavation.
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