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Three‐Dimensional Tomography of Ionospheric Anomalies Immediately Before the 2015 Illapel Earthquake, Central Chile

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Using ionospheric total electron contents residual data from 146 Global Navigation Satellite System stations in South America, we conducted three-dimensional tomography of ionospheric electron density anomalies immediately before the 2015… Click to show full abstract

Using ionospheric total electron contents residual data from 146 Global Navigation Satellite System stations in South America, we conducted three-dimensional tomography of ionospheric electron density anomalies immediately before the 2015 Illapel Mw8.3 earthquake, Central Chile. We used five GPS and five GLONASS satellites and applied continuity constraints to regularize the linear least squares inversion. The reconstructed anomalies are composed of positive and negative regions, at altitudes of ~200 km and ~400 km, respectively, distributed roughly along the geomagnetic field. This feature suggests that the observed anomalies occurred by the downward E × B drift of electrons due to electric fields within ionosphere, possibly caused by surface positive electric charges. We also discuss the existence of the mirror image anomalies near the geomagnetic conjugate point of the epicenter using stations in Colombia.

Keywords: three dimensional; anomalies immediately; immediately 2015; 2015 illapel; dimensional tomography; tomography ionospheric

Journal Title: Journal of Geophysical Research
Year Published: 2018

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