Thermal, atmospheric and ionospheric anomalies around the time of the Colima M7.8 earthquake of 21 January 2003

By Sergey Pulinets, Dimitar Ouzounov, L. Ciraolo, Ramesh P. Singh, Guido Cervone, A. Leyva, M. A. Dunajecka, A. Karelin, K. Boyarchuk, A. Kotsarenko. 2006

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The paper examines the possible relationship of anomalous variations of different atmospheric and iono- spheric parameters observed around the time of a strong earthquake (Mw 7.8) which occurred in Mexico (state of Colima) on 21 January 2003. These variations are inter- preted within the framework of the developed model of the Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere coupling. The main at- tention is focused on the processes in the near ground layer of the atmosphere involving the ionization of air by radon, the water molecules' attachment to the formed ions, and the corresponding changes in the latent heat. Model considera- tions are supported by experimental measurements showing the local diminution of air humidity one week prior to the earthquake, accompanied by the anomalous thermal infrared (TIR) signals and surface latent heat flux (SLHF) and anoma- lous variations of the total electron content (TEC) registered over the epicenter of the impending earthquake three days prior to the main earthquake event. Statistical processing of the data of the GPS receivers network, together with various other atmospheric parameters demonstrate the possibility of an early warning of an impending strong earthquake.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Geophysics

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