Remote Sensing Observations to Improve Knowledge of Lithosphere–Atmosphere–Ionosphere Coupling during the Preparatory Phase of Earthquakes

Dear Colleagues,

We launched this Special Issue with the aim of collecting papers that uses satellite data and new methodologies to understand the preparatory phase of medium-large earthquakes in the world. In the last decades, several satellite observations have been used not only for co-seismic precise effects estimation (such as ground displacement estimated by InSAR technique) but also to search for possible precursors signals. Some satellites have been launched for this purpose such as DEMETER (Detection of Electro-Magnetic Emissions Transmitted from Earthquake Regions), which flown from 2004 to 2010, and CSES-01 (China Seismo Electromagnetic Satellite), which is successfully in orbit from 2 February 2018 and it is in good operating conditions. Other satellites especially dedicated to Earth Observation (e.g., meteorological observatories, Earth geomagnetic field monitoring, etc.) have also been used successfully to investigate pre-earthquake evidence, for example, detecting bursts of particles and ionospheric disturbances several months before the occurrence of medium-large earthquakes.

We welcome papers that explore the statistical significance of pre-earthquake processes that occurred in the lithosphere, atmosphere and ionosphere, as detected by satellite and or other methods. Papers with deterministic, empirical or analytical models of the lithosphere, atmosphere and ionosphere coupling (LAIC) effects are also welcome.

Furthermore, papers concerning earthquake investigations using remote sensing data are precious for understanding the physics and mechanisms of such phenomena.

Dr. Dedalo Marchetti
Prof. Dr. Kaiguang Zhu
Prof. Dr. Yunbin Yuan
Guest Editors

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