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An electromagnetic wave phenomenon
VLF
spectrogram of electromagnetic
hiss , as received by the
Stanford University VLF group's wave receiver at
Palmer Station ,
Antarctica . The hiss can be seen between 500 Hz and 4000 Hz, sandwiched between components of
sferics
Electromagnetic hiss is a naturally occurring
Extremely Low Frequency /
Very Low Frequency
electromagnetic wave (i.e., 300 Hz – 10 kHz) that is generated in the
plasma of either the Earth's
ionosphere or
magnetosphere . Its name is derived from its incoherent, structureless spectral properties which, when played through an audio system, sound like
white noise (hence the
onomatopoetic name, "hiss").
Varieties
Hiss may be observed in any of several varieties depending on local time and
L-shell of the observer:
[1]
Plasmaspheric hiss is generally observed within the
plasmasphere , peaking in frequency slightly below ~1 kHz and rarely exceeding 3 kHz.
Exo-hiss and ELF hiss are two varieties of hiss observed outside of the
plasmasphere , both having a spectrum similar to that of plasmaspheric hiss.
Midlatitude hiss is generally observed outside of the plasmasphere and tends to have frequencies between 2 and 10 kHz.
Auroral hiss is observed in the
auroral zones of the Earth and can extend up to several hundred kHz.
[2]
Generation mechanisms
There are several proposed generation mechanisms for plasmaspheric hiss in particular, including:
Generation from discrete
chorus emissions
[3]
[4]
Generation via electromagnetic impulses from terrestrial
lightning , specifically via lightning-generated
whistlers
[5]
[6]
[7]
Generation through coherent nonlinear interaction with energetic electrons near the equatorial plasmasphere
[8]
[9]
See also
References
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Sonwalkar, Vikas (1995). Handbook of Atmospheric Electrodynamics, vol. II . Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. pp. 407–460.
ISBN
978-0-8493-2520-5 .
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Jørgensen, T. S. (1968). "Interpretation of auroral hiss measured on OGO 2 and at Byrd Station in terms of incoherent Cerenkov radiation". J. Geophys. Res . 73 (3): 1055–1069.
Bibcode :
1968JGR....73.1055J .
doi :
10.1029/JA073i003p01055 .
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Santolík, O.; Chum, M.; Parrot, M.; Gurnett, D. A.; Pickett, J. S.; Cornilleau-Wehrlin, N. (2006).
"Propagation of whistler mode chorus to low altitudes: Spacecraft observations of structured ELF hiss" (PDF) . J. Geophys. Res . 111 (A10208): A10208.
Bibcode :
2006JGRA..11110208S .
doi :
10.1029/2005JA011462 .
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Bortnik, J; Thorne, R. M.; Meredith, N. P. (2008). "The unexpected origin of plasmaspheric hiss from discrete chorus emissions". Nature . 452 (7183): 62–66.
Bibcode :
2008Natur.452...62B .
doi :
10.1038/nature06741 .
PMID
18322528 .
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Sonwalkar, V. S.; Inan, U. S. (1989). "Lightning as an embryonic source of VLF hiss". J. Geophys. Res . 94 (A6): 6986–6994.
Bibcode :
1989JGR....94.6986S .
doi :
10.1029/JA094iA06p06986 .
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Green, J. L.; Boardsen, S.; Garcia, L.; Taylor, W. W. L.; Fung, S. F.; Reinisch, B. W. (2005). "On the origin of whistler mode radiation in the plasmasphere". J. Geophys. Res . 110 (A3): A03201.
Bibcode :
2005JGRA..110.3201G .
doi :
10.1029/2004JA010495 .
hdl :
2060/20040171605 .
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Meredith, N. P.; Horne, R. B.; Clilverd, M. A.; Horsfall, D.; Thorne, R. M.; Anderson, R. R. (2006).
"Origins of plasmaspheric hiss" . J. Geophys. Res . 111 (A9): A09217.
Bibcode :
2006JGRA..111.9217M .
doi :
10.1029/2006JA011707 .
^ Omura, Yoshiharu; Nakamura, Satoko; Kletzing, Craig A.; Summers, Danny; Hikishima, Mitsuru (2015-09-01).
"Nonlinear wave growth theory of coherent hiss emissions in the plasmasphere" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics . 120 (9): 2015JA021520.
Bibcode :
2015JGRA..120.7642O .
doi :
10.1002/2015JA021520 .
hdl :
2433/203040 .
ISSN
2169-9402 .
^ Summers, Danny; Omura, Yoshiharu; Nakamura, Satoko; Kletzing, Craig A. (2014-11-01).
"Fine structure of plasmaspheric hiss" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics . 119 (11): 9134–9149.
Bibcode :
2014JGRA..119.9134S .
doi :
10.1002/2014JA020437 .
ISSN
2169-9402 .
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