Global Studies with Dual Schumann Resonance Methods

威廉姆斯/摘要 这项研究的目标是地球自然发生的舒曼共振在三个不同尺度上的行为。 在全球范围内，目标是了解明显的变化背景舒曼共振强度和这种变化是如何影响的温度相关的条件不稳定性对流层。 在中尺度上，我们的目标是了解与产生ELF Q爆的高能正地闪的产生相关的气象条件。 我们现在能够映射这些事件在全球的基础上，从单站观测，这可能使全球的中尺度对流系统的日变化的调查。 这种变化可能与传统的全球环流的日行为截然不同。在当地闪电规模，其目的是了解的性质，持续的电流和电荷转移到地面与精灵产生的正地闪。

Williams/Abstract The objectives of this research are the behavior of the Earth s naturally occurring Schumann resonances on three different scales. At a global scale, the objective is to understand the pronounced variability of background Schumann resonance intensity and how this variability is influenced by the temperature-related conditional instability in the troposphere. At the mesoscale, the objective is to understand the meteorological conditions associated with the production of energetic positive ground flashes that produce ELF Q-bursts. We are now able to map these events on a global basis from single-station observations and this may enable an investigation of the global diurnal variation of mescoscale convective systems. This variation may be quite distinct from the traditional diurnal behavior of the global circuit. At the local lightning scale, the objective is to understand the nature of the continuing current and the charge transfer to ground associated with the sprite-producing positive ground flashes.