Anomalous Variations of Ionosphere Associated with the Strong Earthquake at Pakistan-Iran Border at a Low Latitude Station Agra, India

• Autorzy: Pundhir D. , Singh B. , Singh O. P. , Gupta S. K.

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DOI

10.1515/acgeo-2016-0020

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this paper, we analyze the TEC data for April 2013 observed at Agra station, India (geogr. lat. 27.2° N, long. 78° E) to examine the effect of earthquake of magnitude M = 7.8 which occurred on 16 April 2013 at Pakistan–Iran border region. We process the TEC data using the σ statistical criterion to find out anomalous variation in TEC data. We also study the VLF propagation signal from NPM, Hawaii (21.42° N, 158° W), which is monitored at the same station (Agra station) in the light of this earthquake as well as solar flares. The nighttime fluctuation method is used to analyze the VLF data for the period of ±5 days from the day of earthquake (11-21 April 2013). The anomalous enhancements and depletions are found in TEC data on 1-9 days before the occurrence of event.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

GPS-TEC; VLF; precursor

PL

GPS-TEC; VLF; prekursor

• Wydawca: Instytut Geofizyki PAN ; Springer
• Czasopismo: Acta Geophysica
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 64, no. 3
• Strony: 796--809
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 43 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Pundhir D.

• Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Raja Balwant Singh Engineering Technical Campus, Bichpuri, Agra, India
• Department of Physics, Banasthali University, Rajasthan, India

autor

Singh B.

• Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Raja Balwant Singh Engineering Technical Campus, Bichpuri, Agra, India

autor

Singh O. P.

• Department of Physics, Raja Balwant Singh Engineering Technical Campus, Bichpuri, Agra, India

autor

Gupta S. K.

• Department of Physics, Raja Balwant Singh Engineering Technical Campus, Bichpuri, Agra, India

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