TY - JOUR
T1 - ELF electromagnetic waves from lightning
T2 - The schumann resonances
AU - Price, Colin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by the author; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2016/9/15
Y1 - 2016/9/15
N2 - Lightning produces electromagnetic fields and waves in all frequency ranges. In the extremely low frequency (ELF) range below 100 Hz, the global Schumann Resonances (SR) are excited at frequencies of 8 Hz, 14 Hz, 20 Hz, etc. This review is aimed at the reader generally unfamiliar with the Schumann Resonances. First some historical context to SR research is given, followed by some theoretical background and examples of the extensive use of Schumann resonances in a variety of lightning-related studies in recent years, ranging from estimates of the spatial and temporal variations in global lighting activity, connections to global climate change, transient luminous events and extraterrestrial lightning. Both theoretical and experimental results of the global resonance phenomenon are presented. It is our hope that this review will increase the interest in SR among researchers previously unfamiliar with this phenomenon.
AB - Lightning produces electromagnetic fields and waves in all frequency ranges. In the extremely low frequency (ELF) range below 100 Hz, the global Schumann Resonances (SR) are excited at frequencies of 8 Hz, 14 Hz, 20 Hz, etc. This review is aimed at the reader generally unfamiliar with the Schumann Resonances. First some historical context to SR research is given, followed by some theoretical background and examples of the extensive use of Schumann resonances in a variety of lightning-related studies in recent years, ranging from estimates of the spatial and temporal variations in global lighting activity, connections to global climate change, transient luminous events and extraterrestrial lightning. Both theoretical and experimental results of the global resonance phenomenon are presented. It is our hope that this review will increase the interest in SR among researchers previously unfamiliar with this phenomenon.
KW - ELF
KW - Lightning
KW - Schumann resonance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84990189559&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/atmos7090116
DO - 10.3390/atmos7090116
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AN - SCOPUS:84990189559
SN - 2073-4433
VL - 7
JO - ATMOSPHERE
JF - ATMOSPHERE
IS - 9
M1 - 116
ER -
