Ionospheric response to submarine earthquake of March 11, 2011, in Japan according to GPS observations |
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| Authors: | M B Gokhberg G M Steblov S L Shalimov V A Veis E A Grekhova |
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| Institution: | 1.Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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| Abstract: | Using available Russian and international Global Positioning System (GPS) network data, we studied the ionospheric response
to the M = 8.9 submarine earthquake of March 11, 2011, on the northeastern coast of Honshu Island, Japan, both near and far (about
2000 km away) from the epicenter. In the region over the epicenter, 8.7 min after the event, we detected a characteristic
signal of the total electron content (TEC) variations consisting of compression and rarefaction phases and a linear transition
zone in between, i.e., in the form of an N-type wave with a steep leading front indicating a rapid uplift of the water surface and, correspondingly, the bottom of the
ocean. The shape of the signal can be used for early tsunami warning; i.e., it may indicate the tsunamigenic character of
a submarine earthquake. We monitored the subsequent evolution of the ionospheric response as far as 2000 km from the epicenter.
It was shown that, besides the wellknown ionospheric N-type wave response to the earthquake, there is also a response in the form of an inverted N-wave, both nearby and far from the epicenter. We detected two more types of ionospheric responses far from the epicenter:
a solitary-like wave and an internal gravity wave (IGW). The detected signals have been interpreted. |
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