Anomalous modification of the ionospheric total electron content prior to the 26 September 2005 Peru earthquake

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1919-1928

  Zakharenkova, I E ^a   Shagimuratov, I I ^a   Tepenitzina, N Yu ^a   Krankowski, A ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Equatorial anomaly; Ionosphere; Total electron content

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS;

EQUATORIAL ANOMALIES; EQUATORIAL ANOMALY; GLOBAL IONOSPHERIC MAPS; GPS SATELLITES; GPS TEC; INTERNATIONAL GNSS SERVICES; INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERES; IONOSPHERIC ANOMALIES; IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS; IONOSPHERIC TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENTS; LATITUDINAL DISTRIBUTIONS; LOCAL TIMES; MAGNETIC EQUATORS; PREPARATION PROCESSES; TEC MEASUREMENTS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 56249129700     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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