THE SCHUMANN RESONANCE - A GLOBAL TROPICAL THERMOMETER

被引:372
作者
WILLIAMS, ER
机构
[1] Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
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10.1126/science.256.5060.1184
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The Schumann resonance, a global electromagnetic phenomenon, is shown to be a sensitive measure of temperature fluctuations in the tropical atmosphere. The link between Schumann resonance and temperature is lightning flash rate, which increases nonlinearly with temperature in the interaction between deep convection and ice microphysics.
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页码:1184 / 1187
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