Objective
The goal of this project is to start the long-term monitoring and study of global climate changes via measurements of extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic waves that are generated in the Earth's atmosphere as a result of lightning activity. Lightning activity around the globe is very sensitive to changes in the global temperature, and therefore, monitoring the intensity and frequencies of the lightning-induced ELF Schumann resonances may allow us to monitor changes in the Earth's climate over time.
The beauty of this idea is that: 1) the resultant ELF signal from global lightning activity can be monitored at a single location; and 2) the Earth's lightning activity, and hence ELF signals, are very sensitive to changes in global temperature. Therefore, small changes in temperature are translated into large signals in the ELF resonances.
It is proposed to set up two or three widely separated ELF field sites. One of the sites will eventually become a permanent Schumann resonance monitoring station in the Negev desert, Israel. The NIS members of this proposal will develop, test, and install the appropriate software for the automatic electromagnetic monitoring and preliminary processing of the incoming data. Simultaneous measurements will be made in Russia and Sweden to test the global nature of the ELF signals measured in Israel.
The continuous ELF data measured in Israel will be used for comparisons with other ELF data sets from other locations around the world (Hungary, USA, Japan). Furthermore, the relevant global climate data sets, such as surface temperature, satellite observations of the global distribution of deep convection, and global atmospheric water vapour measurements will be used for comparisons with the Schumann resonance data to check the reliability of the global thermometer hypothesis. The data will be made available to the entire scientific community via the World Wide Web and the Internet.
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69978 Tel Aviv
Israel
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