Effects of man on geomagnetic activity and pulsations

The human impact on the Pc1 wave activity

“…The result is based on the statistical analysis of the 35-year data set. By and large our results are in agreement with those of the previous investigations by Fraser-Smith (1979, 1981, who used the measurements made in the San Francisco Bay area. We observe the same trend, i.e., the minimum of the Pc1 occurrence rate in the middle of the week and the maximum on weekend.…”

“…For this purpose, we have used the synchronous detection method in the form of the superposition epoch analysis. Hitherto, Fraser-Smith (1979, 1981 discovered the weekend increases in Pc1 wave activity by using the same method for the analysis of 12 years of measurements in the San Francisco Bay area. We try to find the same weekend effect by using independent observations made in Borok during much longer time interval.…”

“…The idea of the ion cyclotron instability of the magnetospheric plasma as a cause of Pc1 waves was suggested at that time (e.g., Kangas et al, 1998). However, in the late 1970s Fraser-Smith (1979), Guglielmi et al (1978), Zotov and Kalisher (1979) advanced the hypothesis of a perceptible human impact on the natural Pc1 electromagnetic activity (see also Fraser-Smith, 1981;Guglielmi and Zotov, 1986;Lanzerotti, 1979;Menk, 1985;Samadani et al, 1981). A quarter of century ago Fraser-Smith (1981) has expressed the general interest in this problem by the prophetical sentence: ''Mankind may already be influencing natural ULF geomagnetic activity and pulsations over the wide areas of the world.…”

Strong atmospheric disturbances as a possible origin of inner zone particle diffusion

“…Technogenic in¯uence on the ionosphere ± modi®ca-tion of the ionosphere caused by additional precipitation of magnetospheric energetic particles induced by radio emission from ground radio transmitters, industrial facilities, etc. (Fraser-Smith, 1981;Parrot and Zaslavski, 1996). 3.…”

Coupled Electromagnetic Circuits and Their Connection to Quantum Mechanical Resonance Interactions and Biorhythms

“…Further important aspects are findings [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45] with regard to light-dependent influence of cryptochrome and magnetosensitivity of circadian and circaseptan clock and the influence of solar activity to molecular processes on earth. Thus a very important "Zeitgeber" on earth is the light-dark cycle.…”