Abstract The present paper describes the variations of the GPS total electron content (TEC) from the International GNSS service network and surface latent heat flux (SLHF) from the Scientific Computing Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) before the 11 March 2011 M9.0 Sendai earthquake, respectively. The analysis shows pronounced enhancements in the GPS TEC and SLHF a few days prior to the earthquake event. The maximum increase in the GPS TEC was about 30 TECu with an extended spatial distribution on a geomagnetically quiet day (Dst⩾−20nT, between two moderate geomagnetic storms), 8 March, 3days prior to the earthquake. This giant positive disturbance was possibly associated with the impending disastrous earthquake and contributed from the enhanced solar radiation. Moreover, there were several anomalous regions of SLHF on the global map, but an area of enhanced SLHF very close to the epicenter. The purpose of this paper is to report the existence of the changes in surface and ionosphere, and show the potential application of multi-source data to identify seismic precursors.


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    Title :

    GPS total electron content and surface latent heat flux variations before the 11 March 2011 M9.0 Sendai earthquake


    Contributors:
    Xu, Tong (author) / Chen, Zhi (author) / Li, Chunbin (author) / Wu, Jian (author) / Hu, Yanli (author) / Wu, Zhensen (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 48 , 8 ; 1311-1317


    Publication date :

    2011-06-22


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English