Atmosphere-ionosphere response to the M9 Tohoku earthquake revealed by multiinstrument space-borne and ground observations: Preliminary results

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2011-06-16
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WeretrospectivelyanalyzedthetemporalandspatialvariationsoffourdifferentphysicalparameterscharacterizingthestateoftheatmosphereandionosphereseveraldaysbeforetheM9Tohoku,JapanearthquakeofMarch11,2011.Thedataincludeoutgoinglongwaveradiation(OLR),GPS/TEC,lowerEarthorbitionospherictomographyandcriticalfrequencyfoF2.OurfirstresultsshowthatonMarch7tharapidincreaseofemittedinfraredradiationwasobservedfromthesatellitedataandananomalydevelopedneartheepicenter.TheGPS/TECdataindicateanincreaseandvariationinelectrondensityreachingamaximumvalueonMarch8.StartingfromthisdayinthelowerionospherealsotherewasconfirmedanabnormalTECvariationovertheepicenter.FromMarch3to11alargeincreaseinelectronconcentrationwasrecordedatallfourJapaneseground-basedionosondes,whichreturnedtonormalafterthemainearthquake.ThejointpreliminaryanalysisofatmosphericandionosphericparametersduringtheM9Tohoku,Japanearthquakehasrevealedthepresenceofrelatedvariationsoftheseparametersimplyingtheirconnectionwiththeearthquakeprocess.Thisstudymayleadtoabetterunderstandingoftheresponseoftheatmosphere/ionospheretothegreatTohokuearthquake.