Abstract A critical appraisal is made of the hypothesis that power-line harmonic radiation can influence the Earth's radiation belts by triggering intense magnetospheric emissions which in turn resonantly scatter trapped electrons into the atmospheric loss cone. While such triggering may indeed occur, a combination of theoretical arguments supplemented by an indepth analysis of OGO-5 satellite data is employed to show that triggered waves comprise at best a small fraction of the total magnetospheric wave population. Previous claims to the contrary have been either based on erroneous statistical arguments or biased by the limited sample of ducted waves detectable by ground based receivers. The totality of satellite data is consistent with a predominantly natural origin for the two classes of electromagnetic waves (chorus and plasmaspheric hiss) which are known to interact strongly with energetic radiation belt electrons.


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    Title :

    A skeptic's view of PLR effects in the magnetosphere


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    Publication date :

    1981-01-01


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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