Schumann resonances
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peaks in the Earth's electromagnetic field spectrum, named for Winifred Otto Schumann
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- resonance
- Named after
- Winfried Otto Schumann
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- described at URL
- www.losdoggies.com/schumann.html
- Commons category
- Schumann resonance
- short name
- SR
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Encyclopedic overview
A simplified artistic animation of Schumann resonance in Earth's atmosphere. A diagram of Schumann resonances in Earth's atmosphere The Schumann resonances (SR) are a set of spectral peaks in the extremely low frequency portion of the Earth's electromagnetic field spectrum. They are global electromagnetic resonances generated and excited by lightning discharges in the cavity formed by the Earth's surface and the ionosphere.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schumann resonances” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.