Multi-instrument observation on co-seismic ionospheric effects after great Tohoku earthquake

Computer Science – Sound

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Ionosphere: Current Systems (2721), Ionosphere: Ionosphere/Atmosphere Interactions (0335), Ionosphere: Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Interactions (2736)

Scientific paper

In this paper, evidence of quake-excited infrasonic waves is provided first by a multi-instrument observation of Japan's Tohoku earthquake. The observations of co-seismic infrasonic waves are as follows: 1, effects of surface oscillations are observed by local infrasonic detector, and it seems these effects are due to surface oscillation-excited infrasonic waves instead of direct influence of seismic vibration on the detector; 2, these local excited infrasonic waves propagate upwards and correspond to ionospheric disturbances observed by Doppler shift measurements and GPS/TEC; 3, interactions between electron density variation and currents in the ionosphere caused by infrasonic waves manifest as disturbances in the geomagnetic field observed via surface magnetogram; 4, within 4 hours after this strong earthquake, disturbances in the ionosphere related to arrivals of Rayleigh waves were observed by Doppler shift sounding three times over. Two of the arrivals were from epicenter along the minor arc of the great circle (with the second arrival due to a Rayleigh wave propagating completely around the planet) and the other one from the opposite direction. All of these seismo-ionospheric effects observed by HF Doppler shift appear after local arrivals of surface Rayleigh waves, with a time delay of 8-10 min. This is the time required for infrasonic wave to propagate upwards to the ionosphere.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Multi-instrument observation on co-seismic ionospheric effects after great Tohoku earthquake does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Multi-instrument observation on co-seismic ionospheric effects after great Tohoku earthquake, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Multi-instrument observation on co-seismic ionospheric effects after great Tohoku earthquake will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1839448

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.