Ionospheric evidence of the May 1960 earthquake over Concepción?

For many years relations between seismic activity and associated ionospheric changes have been studied. Particularly, the possibility to identify ionospheric precursors of large earthquakes has been regarded as a specific goal for eventual obvious very valuable practical use. This paper first analys...

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Main Authors: M. Stepanova, K. Bataille, E. M. Ovalle, A. J. Foppiano
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofísica 2008-07-01
Series:Geofísica Internacional
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Online Access:http://www.geofisica.unam.mx/unid_apoyo/editorial/publicaciones/investigacion/geofisica_internacional/anteriores/2008/03/foppiano.pdf
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author M. Stepanova
K. Bataille
E. M. Ovalle
A. J. Foppiano
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K. Bataille
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description For many years relations between seismic activity and associated ionospheric changes have been studied. Particularly, the possibility to identify ionospheric precursors of large earthquakes has been regarded as a specific goal for eventual obvious very valuable practical use. This paper first analyses foF2 observations over Concepción (36.8°S; 73.0°W) prior to the two very large Chile earthquakes of 21 and 22 May 1960, using the same procedure of Chuo et al. (2002) for the September 1999 Taiwan earthquake. Then it reports results from processing foF2 values in two different ways, namely, using direct estimations of reference geomagnetic quiet-day diurnal variation of foF2 and using an empirical model that filters known dependencies of foF2 on solar and geomagnetic activities for Concepción (Arriagada and Foppiano, 1999). It is shoof observed foF2 values lead to different conclusions regarding possible ionospheric precursors.
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spelling doaj.art-90793c17e6a040df80201e0799e12c482023-09-02T08:37:50ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de GeofísicaGeofísica Internacional0016-71692008-07-01473179183Ionospheric evidence of the May 1960 earthquake over Concepción?M. StepanovaK. BatailleE. M. OvalleA. J. FoppianoFor many years relations between seismic activity and associated ionospheric changes have been studied. Particularly, the possibility to identify ionospheric precursors of large earthquakes has been regarded as a specific goal for eventual obvious very valuable practical use. This paper first analyses foF2 observations over Concepción (36.8°S; 73.0°W) prior to the two very large Chile earthquakes of 21 and 22 May 1960, using the same procedure of Chuo et al. (2002) for the September 1999 Taiwan earthquake. Then it reports results from processing foF2 values in two different ways, namely, using direct estimations of reference geomagnetic quiet-day diurnal variation of foF2 and using an empirical model that filters known dependencies of foF2 on solar and geomagnetic activities for Concepción (Arriagada and Foppiano, 1999). It is shoof observed foF2 values lead to different conclusions regarding possible ionospheric precursors.http://www.geofisica.unam.mx/unid_apoyo/editorial/publicaciones/investigacion/geofisica_internacional/anteriores/2008/03/foppiano.pdffoF2ionosphereearthquake precursorChile.
spellingShingle M. Stepanova
K. Bataille
E. M. Ovalle
A. J. Foppiano
Ionospheric evidence of the May 1960 earthquake over Concepción?
Geofísica Internacional
foF2
ionosphere
earthquake precursor
Chile.
title Ionospheric evidence of the May 1960 earthquake over Concepción?
title_full Ionospheric evidence of the May 1960 earthquake over Concepción?
title_fullStr Ionospheric evidence of the May 1960 earthquake over Concepción?
title_full_unstemmed Ionospheric evidence of the May 1960 earthquake over Concepción?
title_short Ionospheric evidence of the May 1960 earthquake over Concepción?
title_sort ionospheric evidence of the may 1960 earthquake over concepcion
topic foF2
ionosphere
earthquake precursor
Chile.
url http://www.geofisica.unam.mx/unid_apoyo/editorial/publicaciones/investigacion/geofisica_internacional/anteriores/2008/03/foppiano.pdf
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