Does ELF chorus show evidence of power line stimulation

• Main Authors: Tsurutani, B. T., Smith, E. J., Church, S. R., Thorne, R. M., Holzer, R. E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1979
• Subjects: 46; Canada; Greenland; Siberia
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19800037031

A study to determine the effect of power line radiation on the stimulation of the ELF chorus detected on OGO-5 is presented. Chorus shows a maxima over the Eastern USSR, Greenland, and Central Siberia and minima over central and Eastern Canada, a distribution different than the OGO-3. This discrepancy is explained as due to data oversampling in the previous study; the OGO-5 data were reanalyzed with the oversampling removed, showing that none of the longitudinal maxima or minima are statistically significant. It is concluded that there is no significant correlation between longitude and chorus occurrence which implies that there is little or no evidence of power line harmonic radiation effects on chorus triggering.