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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 />

JSS009 Oral Presentation 2027<br />

Anomalies in VLF radio intensities related to seismicity during November-<br />

December 2004: a comparison of ground and Demeter satellite rtesults<br />

Prof. Pier Francesco Biagi<br />

Department of Physics University of Bari <strong>IASPEI</strong><br />

Castellana Laura, Maggipinto Tommaso, Piccolo Roberto, Minafra Antonio, Ermini<br />

Anita, Capozzi Vito, Solovieva Masha, Molchanov Oleg, Hayakawa Masashi,<br />

Rozhnoi Alexander<br />

A previous study of the VLF signals radiated by two ground transmitters located in Germany (f = 16.6<br />

kHz) and in France (f = 18.3 kHz ) and received on board of the French DEMETER satellite, revealed a<br />

drop of the signals (scattering spot) in the time interval November 23 December 12, 2004, probably<br />

connected with the occurrence of large earthquakes (M = 5.4-5.5) in Europe. From the beginning of<br />

2002 a receiver is into operation at Bari University (Southern Italy) and the intensity and the phase of<br />

the VLF/LF radio signals radiated by GB (f = 16 kHz, United Kingdom), FR (f = 20.9 kHz, France), GE (f<br />

= 23.4 kHz, Germany), IC (f = 37.5 kHz, Island) and IT (f = 54 kHz, Sicily, Italy) are monitoring with a<br />

5s sampling rate. In this study, the intensity data collected by the Bari receiver from October 2004 to<br />

January 2005 have been analysed in order to compare the results with those obtained by the DEMETER.<br />

Drops of the GB, FR, GE and IC signals were revealed before the middle of November and a drop of IT<br />

signal appeared before December 10. The possible effect of the geomagnetic activity and of the<br />

meteorology was investigated and a correspondence with the drop of the signals in November clearly<br />

appeared; on the contrary no correspondence stood up with the drop in December that is a peculiarity<br />

of the IT signal. So, a seismic effect can be considered and an agreement with the results obtained by<br />

the DEMETER seems to appear. A doubtful point is the appearance of such an effect only on the IT<br />

radio signal and not on the other ones (GB, FR, GE, IC).<br />

Keywords: disturbances, radio signals, seismicity

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