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CR 16:31-36 (2000)
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Evaluation of the linkage between Schumann Resonance peak frequency values and global and regional temperatures
Robert C. Balling Jr1,*, Mark Hildebrandt2
1Department of Geography and Office of Climatology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
2Department of Geography, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois 62026, USA
*E-mail: robert.balling@asu.edu
ABSTRACT: Lightning-generated extremely low frequency electromagnetic energy (the Schumann Resonance) could be a sensitive indicator of tropical or global temperature. In this investigation, we analyze the relationship between Schumann Resonance peak
frequency data and various daily and monthly temperature datasets. Our results show that daily and monthly lower-tropospheric temperature estimates made from satellites and monthly thermometer-based temperature measurements are significantly related to
the Schumann Resonance peak frequency data collected in Rhode Island. Further analyses reveal that the temperatures from subtropical and tropical latitudes dominate the relationship with daily and monthly Schumann Resonance peak frequency variations. Our
results further our understanding of the linkage between temperature patterns, latitudinal shifts in thunderstorms, and Schumann Resonance peak frequencies.
KEY WORDS: Schumann Resonance · Temperature variations
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Published in CR Vol.
16, No. 1
(2000) on November 10
Print ISSN: 0936-577X; Online ISSN: 1616-1572.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 2000
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