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IUGG XXIV General Assembly July 2-13, 2007 Perugia, Italy<br />

(S) - <strong>IASPEI</strong> - International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's<br />

Interior<br />

JSS008 Oral Presentation 1987<br />

Effect of seismic activities in the F2 region ionospheric electron and ion<br />

temperature<br />

Mr. Ramesh Chand<br />

Earth Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India <strong>IASPEI</strong><br />

M. Israil, D.K. Sharma, J. Rai<br />

Ionospheric perturbations by seismic activity have been studied by analyzing ionospheric electron & ion<br />

temperature data during earthquake. The data recorded by Retarded Potential analyzer (RPA) payload<br />

aboard the Indian SROSS-C2 satellite during period from January 1995 to December 2000 are used for<br />

the present analysis. Details of earthquake events are obtained from USGS website. Pre & post<br />

earthquake ionospheric electron & ion temperature data were compared to the corresponding data<br />

recorded during the earthquake hours. The analysis of ionospheric temperature data shows anomalies<br />

in ionospheric temperature. 27 earthquake events from Indian region were analysed which shows the<br />

anomalous behavior in electron & ion temperature. Out of the events studied 12 indicates increase in<br />

electron temperature by an amount of 1.2 to 1.5 times the normal temperature whereas 13 earthquake<br />

events shows the increase in ion temperature by amount 1.2 times the normal temperature .We have<br />

also found decrease in ion and electron temperature in 3 events. Our analysis indicates the increase in<br />

temperature in majority of the events studied in the present investigation. In Seismically active region<br />

the emission of gases generates acoustic gravity wave, reaches to ionospheric height which is<br />

responsible for the ionospheric perturbation. The seismogenic vertical electric field and associated<br />

electromagnetic radiation reaches up to ionospheric height, induces joule heating are responsible for the<br />

ionospheric temperature perturbation.<br />

Keywords: ionospherictemperature, seismic activity

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