Russian Journal of Earth Sciences Russian Journal of Earth Sciences Russian Journal of Earth Sciences 1681-1208 46655 ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ СТАТЬИ ORIGINAL ARTICLES ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ СТАТЬИ Variations of the total electron content in the ionosphere from GPS data recorded during the Hector Mine earthquake of October 16, 1999, California Variations of the total electron content in the ionosphere from GPS data recorded during the Hector Mine earthquake of October 16, 1999, California Afraimovich E L Afraimovich E L Astafieva E I Astafieva E I Gokhberg M B Gokhberg M B Lapshin V M Lapshin V M Permyakova V E Permyakova V E Steblov G M Steblov G M Shalimov S L Shalimov S L Institute of Solar and Terrestrial Physics (ISTP), Irkutsk, Russia ru Institute of Solar and Terrestrial Physics (ISTP), Irkutsk, Russia ru Institute of Solar and Terrestrial Physics (ISTP), Irkutsk, Russia ru Institute of Solar and Terrestrial Physics (ISTP), Irkutsk, Russia ru Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia ru Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia ru Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia ru Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia ru Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia ru Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia ru Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia ru Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia ru Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia ru Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia ru 6 5 339 354 29 10 2021 https://rjes.ru/en/nauka/article/46655/view

The aim of this paper is to analyze the potential resources of GPS monitoring during the recording of potential earthquake precursors using the Hector Mine earthquake that occurred in California, USA, in October 16, 1999. This event was chosen because at the time of this fairly large earthquake (M=7.1) a dense network of ground-based GPS stations was operating, thus providing a fairly high spatial resolution. This paper offers a detailed analysis of the total electron content (TEC) over a fairly long time interval including the time of the earthquake (October 13 to 18, 1999). Examined in this research is the potential manifestation in the TEC data of the well-known seismo-ionospheric effects: quasiregular changes in the ionospheric parameters and internal gravity wave generation. However, our analysis showed that the observed TEC variations seem to have been controlled by the local time and by fairly moderate geomagnetic activity instead of being associated with any expected processes that usually accompany the process of earthquake preparation. Also discussed in this paper are the prospects of detecting small-scale ionospheric heterogeneities that are supposed to arise in the course of earthquake preparation, as follows from our special measurements of the magnitude and phase flickering of GPS signals.

The aim of this paper is to analyze the potential resources of GPS monitoring during the recording of potential earthquake precursors using the Hector Mine earthquake that occurred in California, USA, in October 16, 1999. This event was chosen because at the time of this fairly large earthquake (M=7.1) a dense network of ground-based GPS stations was operating, thus providing a fairly high spatial resolution. This paper offers a detailed analysis of the total electron content (TEC) over a fairly long time interval including the time of the earthquake (October 13 to 18, 1999). Examined in this research is the potential manifestation in the TEC data of the well-known seismo-ionospheric effects: quasiregular changes in the ionospheric parameters and internal gravity wave generation. However, our analysis showed that the observed TEC variations seem to have been controlled by the local time and by fairly moderate geomagnetic activity instead of being associated with any expected processes that usually accompany the process of earthquake preparation. Also discussed in this paper are the prospects of detecting small-scale ionospheric heterogeneities that are supposed to arise in the course of earthquake preparation, as follows from our special measurements of the magnitude and phase flickering of GPS signals.

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