On the use of ELF/VLF emissions triggered by HAARP to simulate PLHR and to study associated MLR events

Michel Parrot,Mark Gołkowski,Morris B. Cohen,Frantisěk Němec

doi:10.1186/s40623-021-01551-9

Abstract

A spectrogram of Power Line Harmonic Radiation (PLHR) consists of a set of lines with frequency spacing corresponding exactly to 50 or 60 Hz. It is distinct from a spectrogram of Magnetospheric Line Radiation (MLR) where the lines are not equidistant and drift in frequency. PLHR and MLR propagate in the ionosphere and the magnetosphere and are recorded by ground experiments and satellites. If the source of PLHR is evident, the origin of the MLR is still under debate and the purpose of this paper is to understand how MLR lines are formed. The ELF waves triggered by High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) in the ionosphere are used to simulate lines (pulses of different lengths and different frequencies). Several receivers are utilized to survey the propagation of these pulses. The resulting waves are simultaneously recorded by ground-based experiments close to HAARP in Alaska, and by the low-altitude satellite DEMETER either above HAARP or its magnetically conjugate point. Six cases are presented which show that 2-hop echoes (pulses going back and forth in the magnetosphere) are very often observed. The pulses emitted by HAARP return in the Northern hemisphere with a time delay. A detailed spectral analysis shows that sidebands can be triggered and create elements with superposed frequency lines which drift in frequency during the propagation. These elements acting like quasi-periodic emissions are subjected to equatorial amplification and can trigger hooks and falling tones. At the end all these known physical processes lead to the formation of the observed MLR by HAARP pulses. It is shown that there is a tendency for the MLR frequencies of occurrence to be around 2 kHz although the exciting waves have been emitted at lower and higher frequencies.Graphical

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Introduction Power Line HarmonicRadiation (PLHR) are electromagnetic man-made waves at harmonic frequencies of 50 or 60 Hz
The empty areas in the panels correspond to frequency–time intervals with magnetic power spectral densities less than 1 0−7 nT2 Hz−1. These areas are empty because the analysis is not meaningful for low-power waves. The results of this multidimensional analysis of plasma wave measurements as a function of the universal time (UT) and frequency indicate that the pulses are Concerning the propagation, the analysis indicates in the bottom panel that the pulses are propagating in the opposite direction of the Earth’s magnetic field
ELF waves emitted by Highfrequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) in the lower ionosphere have been used to replicate the Power Line Harmonic Radiation (PLHR) and to study its effects

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Introduction

Introduction Power Line HarmonicRadiation (PLHR) are electromagnetic man-made waves at harmonic frequencies of 50 or 60 Hz. PLHR observed at 50/60 Hz and low harmonics have been studied by Dudkin et al (2015) and Němec et al (2015), who were looking for a weekend effect (Park and Miller 1979). Such an effect is possibly present above the European region, but it is very weak. They have further shown that the PLHR effects are less often detected in the summer, because on one hand the ionospheric absorption increases, and on the other hand the PLHR are masked by lightning generated emissions. These triggered emissions occurred more frequently at high latitudes (3 < L < 6)

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