A possible space-based tsunami early warning system using observations of the tsunami ionospheric hole

Ionospheric plasma disturbances after a large tsunami can be detected by measurement of the total electron content (TEC) between a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and its ground-based receivers. TEC depression lasting for a few minutes to tens of minutes termed as tsunami ionospheric hole...

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Autores principales: Kamogawa, Masashi, Orihara, Yoshiaki, Tsurudome, Chiaki, Tomida, Yuto, Kanaya, Tatsuya, Ikeda, Daiki, Gusman, Aditya Riadi, Kakinami, Yoshihiro, Liu, Jann-Yenq, Toyoda, Atsushi
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27905487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37989
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author Kamogawa, Masashi
Orihara, Yoshiaki
Tsurudome, Chiaki
Tomida, Yuto
Kanaya, Tatsuya
Ikeda, Daiki
Gusman, Aditya Riadi
Kakinami, Yoshihiro
Liu, Jann-Yenq
Toyoda, Atsushi
author_facet Kamogawa, Masashi
Orihara, Yoshiaki
Tsurudome, Chiaki
Tomida, Yuto
Kanaya, Tatsuya
Ikeda, Daiki
Gusman, Aditya Riadi
Kakinami, Yoshihiro
Liu, Jann-Yenq
Toyoda, Atsushi
author_sort Kamogawa, Masashi
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description Ionospheric plasma disturbances after a large tsunami can be detected by measurement of the total electron content (TEC) between a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and its ground-based receivers. TEC depression lasting for a few minutes to tens of minutes termed as tsunami ionospheric hole (TIH) is formed above the tsunami source area. Here we describe the quantitative relationship between initial tsunami height and the TEC depression rate caused by a TIH from seven tsunamigenic earthquakes in Japan and Chile. We found that the percentage of TEC depression and initial tsunami height are correlated and the largest TEC depressions appear 10 to 20 minutes after the main shocks. Our findings imply that Ionospheric TEC measurement using the existing ground receiver networks could be used in an early warning system for near-field tsunamis that take more than 20 minutes to arrive in coastal areas.
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spelling pubmed-51313532016-12-15 A possible space-based tsunami early warning system using observations of the tsunami ionospheric hole Kamogawa, Masashi Orihara, Yoshiaki Tsurudome, Chiaki Tomida, Yuto Kanaya, Tatsuya Ikeda, Daiki Gusman, Aditya Riadi Kakinami, Yoshihiro Liu, Jann-Yenq Toyoda, Atsushi Sci Rep Article Ionospheric plasma disturbances after a large tsunami can be detected by measurement of the total electron content (TEC) between a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and its ground-based receivers. TEC depression lasting for a few minutes to tens of minutes termed as tsunami ionospheric hole (TIH) is formed above the tsunami source area. Here we describe the quantitative relationship between initial tsunami height and the TEC depression rate caused by a TIH from seven tsunamigenic earthquakes in Japan and Chile. We found that the percentage of TEC depression and initial tsunami height are correlated and the largest TEC depressions appear 10 to 20 minutes after the main shocks. Our findings imply that Ionospheric TEC measurement using the existing ground receiver networks could be used in an early warning system for near-field tsunamis that take more than 20 minutes to arrive in coastal areas. Nature Publishing Group 2016-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5131353/ /pubmed/27905487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37989 Text en Copyright © 2016, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Kamogawa, Masashi
Orihara, Yoshiaki
Tsurudome, Chiaki
Tomida, Yuto
Kanaya, Tatsuya
Ikeda, Daiki
Gusman, Aditya Riadi
Kakinami, Yoshihiro
Liu, Jann-Yenq
Toyoda, Atsushi
A possible space-based tsunami early warning system using observations of the tsunami ionospheric hole
title A possible space-based tsunami early warning system using observations of the tsunami ionospheric hole
title_full A possible space-based tsunami early warning system using observations of the tsunami ionospheric hole
title_fullStr A possible space-based tsunami early warning system using observations of the tsunami ionospheric hole
title_full_unstemmed A possible space-based tsunami early warning system using observations of the tsunami ionospheric hole
title_short A possible space-based tsunami early warning system using observations of the tsunami ionospheric hole
title_sort possible space-based tsunami early warning system using observations of the tsunami ionospheric hole
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27905487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37989
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