“…Included in these investigations are measurements of: (1) gaseous by-products from the discharge [15, 161, (2) removal of solid material or other local changes in morphology [17], (3) changes in solid dielectric surface resistivity [18, 191, (4) surface acidification, oxidation or deposition of material [20, 21, 221 and (5) growth of voids, cracks, or trees within a dielectric [23, 24, 25, 261. It has been noted [18,27] that the PD-induced changes in the discharge site characteristics will in turn cause changes in the PD behavior that make the phenomenon inherently nonstationary. The susceptibility to nonstationary behavior complicates the interpretation of PD signals.…”