Seismic influence on the VLF transmitter signal intensity measured by the low-altitude satellite DEMETER

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2020-000271-1" target="_blank" >10.1140/epjst/e2020-000271-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Seismic influence on the VLF transmitter signal intensity measured by the low-altitude satellite DEMETER

Original language description

We present results of a statistical study of a possible influence of the seismic activity on the intensity of very low frequency (VLF) transmitter signals observed by a low-altitude satellite. Electric field measurements performed by the Detection of Electro-Magnetic Emissions Transmitted from Earthquake Regions (DEMETER) satellite during its entire mission spanning almost 6.5 years were used. Among various VLF transmitter signals detected, we focused particularly on the NWC and JJI transmitters, because of their favorable locations close to seismically active areas. We evaluate the intensities of the detected transmitter signals at the times when they passed in the vicinity of an imminent earthquake during the propagation in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide, and we statistically compare them with the intensities measured at the times when there was no earthquake present. Only earthquakes with magnitudes larger than or equal to 5 and depths shallower than or equal to 40 km were considered in the analysis. Moreover, due to the low intensity of detected transmitter signals during the day, the analysis is limited exclusively to the nightside. Although the amount of relevant data is rather low, the obtained results show that there is a decrease of the detected intensity shortly (0-3 hours) after the times of the main shocks observed both for the NWC and JJI transmitter signals. The effect is spatially rather limited, observed when the signal passes within about 4 degrees from the earthquake epicenter. The intensity decrease appears to be consistent with acoustic-gravity waves propagating from the earthquake region and influencing the bottom of the ionosphere.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Physical Journal: Special Topics

ISSN

1951-6355

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

230

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

FR - FRANCE

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

227-245

UT code for WoS article

000609483400011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85099565654