Investigation Of The Reaction Of Schumann Resonances To Short Transient
Geophysical Events Under The Influence Of Atmospheric Electromagnetic
Noise
Abstract
The Schumann resonance (SR), the source of which is the global
thunderstorm activity is constantly observed in the Earth-ionosphere
waveguide. Changes in the parameters of SR signals caused by geophysical
disturbances make it possible to study the state and dynamics of the
lower ionosphere. When calculating the SR parameters, there are problems
associated with the impact of electromagnetic interference of natural
and anthropogenic origin. The main natural sources of interference are
signals associated with the radiation of nearby lightning discharges, as
well as the influence of the Alfvén ionospheric resonator. The paper
presents a new method for calculating the SR parameters,which
significantly reduces the impact of these interferences. The developed
technique significantly increased the temporal resolution of the
obtained data on the frequency and amplitude of the SR. Due to this, it
became possible to study the influence of fast heliogeophysical
disturbances (such as solar X-ray flares) on the lower ionosphere and,
as a consequence, on the parameters of the SR. An analysis of the
experimental data made it possible to establish a linear dependence of
the SR frequency on the logarithm of the X-ray flux in the range up to
0.2 nm during a class X solar flare.