Schumann Resonance (5th mode)
33.80 Hz
The fifth mode of the cavity between the ground and the ionosphere.
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About this number
The fifth mode of the cavity between the ground and the ionosphere. Published values range from 32.5 to 33.8 Hz, and the value varies through the day. The modes are not whole-number multiples of the first, so they are modes, not harmonics.
Facts
- Frequency
- 33.80 Hz
- Wavelength (electromagnetic wave)
- 8,870 km
- Kind of statement
- Physical measurement
- Filed under
- Earth, Moon & Sun
Sources
- Schumann resonance
The prediction, the first measurement, and a later summary of the mode frequencies.
W. O. Schumann, Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A 7 (1952) 149–154. M. Balser and C. A. Wagner, Nature 188 (1960) 638–641. F. Simões, R. Pfaff and H. Freudenreich, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (NTRS 20120000051).
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