TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zolotov, Oleg V.
A1  - Namgaladze, Alexander A.
A1  - Prokhorov, Boris E.
T1  - Specific features of ionospheric total electron content variations in the periods of preparation of the earthquakes on March 11, 2011 (Japan) and October 23, 2011 (Turkey)
JF  - Russian journal of physical chemistry : B, Focus on physics
N2  - The main morphological features of variations of the total electron content (TEC) of the ionosphere before the earthquakes on March 11, 2011 (Japan) and October 23, 2011 (Turkey) are examined. The revealed features are compared to those of ionospheric TEC disturbances observed prior to several other large seismic events, as well as to those included in a list of the most frequently observed ionospheric TEC disturbances interpreted as possible ionospheric precursors of earthquakes. It is shown that, in the periods of preparation of the earthquakes under consideration, on March 8-11 and October 20-23, abnormal ionospheric TEC disturbances were observed as long-lived structures in a near-epicentral region and in the region magnetically conjugated to it.
KW  - total electron content
KW  - earthquakes
KW  - ionospheric precursors of earthquakes
KW  - ionosphere
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990793113050266
SN  - 1990-7931
SN  - 1990-7923
VL  - 7
IS  - 5
SP  - 599
EP  - 605
PB  - Pleiades Publ.
CY  - New York
ER  -