A Continuation of Logistics Support for the Operation of an ELF/VLF Radiometer at Arrival Heights, Antarctica

这笔赠款提供后勤支持和旅行资金，用于在特殊科学价值点无线电安静地点(南极洲SSSI到达高地)运行极低和甚低频(ELF/VLF)辐射计。斯坦福大学在世界各地的不同地点运行的七个几乎相同的辐射计是其中之一，其中包括另外两个高地磁纬度地点(格陵兰的图勒和桑德斯特罗姆峡湾)。测量的目的是建立5赫兹至30千赫范围内自然产生的无线电噪声的长期气候学。当然，测量自然背景是有实际原因的，因为它限制了该频率范围对通信的有用性。这些研究人员是测量和解释极低频/甚低频无线电波的领导者。海军研究办公室为该小组的研究活动提供资金，而国家科学基金会为该项目的南极部分提供后勤支助和旅行资金。

This grant provides logistical support and travel funds to operate a Extreme Low and Very Low Frequency (ELF/VLF) radiometer at the radio-quiet Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI Arrival Heights, Antarctica. The radiometer is one of seven nearly identical which Stanford University operates at different site around the world, including two other high geomagnetic latitude sites (Thule and Sondrestromfjord, Greenland). It is the purpose of the measurement to develop a long-term climatology of naturally occurring radio noise in the 5 Hz to 30 kHz range. There are, of course, practical reasons to measure the natural background, for it sets limits on the usefulness of this frequency range for communications. These investigators are leaders in the measurement and interpretation of ELF/VLF radio waves. The Office of Naval Research provides funds for the research activities of this group while NSF provides logistical support and travel funds for the Antarctic portion of the project.