Solar-terrestrial, ionospheric and natural phenomena studies using the South America VLF network (SAVNET)
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2011
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Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
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5
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Raulin J.-P.
Bertoni F.C.P.
Kaufmann P.
Gavilan H.R.
Correia E.
Hadano R.
Schuch N.J.
Bertoni F.C.P.
Kaufmann P.
Gavilan H.R.
Correia E.
Hadano R.
Schuch N.J.
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The South America VLF Network (SAVNET) has been installed in April 2009, and is composed of eight tracking receivers spread over South America, in Brazil, Peru and Argentina, and the Antarctica Peninsula. SAVNET is monitoring the properties of subionospheric propagating waves that reveal changes of the electrical properties of the ionospheric diurnal D-region or nocturnal E-region. In this paper, we will show the ability of the diagnostic obtained by SAVNET to discuss the monitoring of the solar activity on short timescales related to ionization due to solar flares. The sensitivity of flare detection as a function of the solar activity level will be discussed. On longer timescales related to the solar cycle, SAVNET is also able to provide information on the solar Lyman-α radiation. Finally we show that the VLF technique is well suited to search for of seismic-electromagnetic effects, and to provide a genuine diagnostic of high-energy astrophysical phenomena. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
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C and D regions , Solar activity , Solar activity cycles , Solar flare , VLF technique