(1) Astronomy Unit, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK
Abstract:
The properties of powerful (flux >10−19 W m−2 Hz−1) type III bursts observed in July – August 2002 by the radio telescope UTR-2 at frequencies 10 – 30 MHz are analyzed. Most
bursts have been registered when the active regions associated to these bursts were located near the central meridian or at
40° – 60° to the East or West from it. All powerful type III bursts drift from high to low frequencies with frequency drift
rates 1 – 2.5 MHz s−1. It is important to emphasize that according to our observations the drift rate is linearly increasing with frequency. The
duration of the bursts changes mainly from 6 s at frequency 30 MHz up to 12 s at 10 MHz. The instantaneous frequency bandwidth
does not depend on the day of observations, i.e. on the disk location of the source active region, and is increasing with frequency.