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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 />

JSS010 Poster presentation 2084<br />

Modification of the ionosphere before strong earthquakes of Japan region<br />

on the base of GPS measurements<br />

Mrs. Irina Zakharenkova<br />

Irk Shagimuratov, Yurij Ruzhin, Nadezhda Tepenitsina<br />

The searches of the seismo-ionospheric effects with using space technologies have been extensively<br />

discussed in the last years. The huge opportunities in this field are provided by satellite navigation<br />

system GPS. The global and dense network of ground-based GPS stations enables to realize the<br />

permanent monitoring of the ionosphere in the global scale with high spatial-temporal resolution. In this<br />

report the analysis of the ionospheric total electron content (TEC) variations obtained by using the GPS<br />

measurements before strong earthquakes is presented. We have investigated the modification of the<br />

ionosphere before strong earthquakes occurred during 2000-2006 in Japanese region. In this analysis<br />

the diurnal TEC variations from GPS net were used. For detailed picture of TEC behavior, TEC<br />

observations along the individual satellite flights were considered. The spatial modification of the<br />

ionosphere was investigated with use of TEC maps (global maps at the IONEX format and regional<br />

maps with high spatial-temporal resolution). Some general peculiarities of the ionospheric effects<br />

associated with seismic activity are found out. The pre-seismic behavior of TEC was detected within<br />

several days before the main event. Anomaly appeared as the local TEC enhancement (plasma cloud)<br />

located in the vicinity of the forthcoming earthquake epicenter. These structures are generated in the<br />

ionosphere for several days prior to the main shock. During the process of the earthquake approach the<br />

amplitude of plasma modification increases, and it has reached the value of 35-60% relative to the nondisturbed<br />

level. The ionosphere region of strong positive disturbance has extended larger than 1500 km<br />

in latitudes and 3500-4000 km in longitudes. The TEC enhancement reached the value of 70-90%<br />

relative to the quite level for very strong events (M>7.0). For the earthquake that took place on the<br />

background of the high geomagnetic activity the positive effect will be discussed.<br />

Keywords: ionosphere, gps, precursors

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