Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing of Seismic, Volcanic and Cyclonic Activity in the Earth-Atmosphere-Ionosphere System
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Observation for Emergency Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 5659
Special Issue Editors
2. Space Research Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and State Space Agency of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Interests: wave processes and synergetic coupling in active and nonlinear layered (lithosphere(earth)-atmosphere-ionosphere-magnetosphere) systems in wide frequency range; ionospheric monitoring; magnetic storms; lightning discharges; tropical cyclones; earthquakes; volcano eruptions; ionosphere
Interests: volcanic and seismic monitoring; resonant electromagnetic and acoustic wave phenomena; nonlinear phenomena in plasmas, solids, and geophysics; microwave and terahertz electronics; numerical simulation of nonlinear waves; mechanisms of lithosphere-ionosphere coupling
Interests: volcanic and seismic monitoring; signal processing; waves in geophysics; nonlinear phenomena in complex plasmas and geophysics
Interests: lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere coupling (LAIC) processes; earthquakes preparation phases; seismic catalogue analysis; geomagnetic field; seismic and volcanic monitoring; non-linear signal processing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and powerful atmospheric cyclones are the most powerful natural hazards faced by humanity. The spatial- and temporal-scale devastation caused by these phenomena can involve cities, regions or entire countries.
The costs, in terms of loss of human life and infrastructure damage, are huge each year. To enable the timely provision of information and the implementation of adequate measures, and thus, minimize the harm caused by these phenomena, advanced research should be conducted in this field. Once the subjects of individual disciplines, each of the abovementioned hazards is now studied more broadly whereby the synergy of the geospheres comprising the “Earth System” is expressed by lithosphere/hydrosphere–ionosphere coupling, which spreads through the atmosphere. Such physical connections are now recognized as the basis for the Earth’s complexity. To undertake the challenge of unraveling this complexity, a multiparametric and multidisciplinary approach is essential; this demands ever-deeper knowledge of the phases of preparation and coupling of the phenomena between the geospheres.
Furthermore, investigations of dynamic processes in the atmosphere, ionosphere and hydrosphere—which could be associated with strong seismic, volcanic and atmospheric activity—should take a synergistic approach.
With a view to developing a deeper insight into geophysical synergistic coupling processes in Earth’s open dynamic geosphere system, this Special Issue will focus on new observations, models, simulations, innovative algorithms and machine learning techniques applied to data from satellites, airplanes and the ground.
This Special Issue welcomes papers that discuss innovative multidisciplinary and multiparameter methods and applications for the monitoring and modelling of seismic, volcanic and powerful cyclone phenomena and their possible interactions and signatures in the ionosphere, from their preparation to their fully developed forms. We encourage submissions on topics including, but not limited to:
- The development of algorithms for automation, validation and implementation in search of coupling in Earth’s geosphere system caused by seismic, volcanic and cyclonic activity.
- Mapping of the global responses of Earth’s geospheres to local powerful sources (e.g., volcanic eruptions, typhoons and earthquakes).
- The remote sensing of geomagnetic fields, ionospheric parameters and other data (e.g., TEC, VLF, ULF and particle precipitation).
- The application of data-driven approaches, digital twin/combined physical theory and data processing, numerical modelling, and complex system theory to the investigation of Earth–atmosphere–ionosphere coupling processes, and physical models of the coupling between Earth’s geospheres.
- The physical fields accompanying seismic, volcanic and strong atmospheric processes.
- The application of new physical and chemical sensors in geophysics.
- Dynamic and planetary, atmospheric gravity, electromagnetic and other wave processes in the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and ionosphere that are associated with seismic, volcanic and cyclonic activity.
We welcome the submission of any papers that concern new and effective methods/remarkable improvements to known methods of remote sensing for identifying dynamic state/wave structures in the Earth, atmosphere and magnetosphere. At the same time, we ask potential authors to note how the phenomena and/or remote sensing methods they investigate, for example wave processes in the atmosphere and ionosphere, relate to coupling in the LEAIM system.
Prof. Dr. Yuriy G. Rapoport
Dr. Volodymyr Grimalsky
Dr. Anatoly Kotsarenko
Gianfranco Cianchini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- earthquake
- volcanic eruption
- strong atmospheric processes
- complex monitoring in geophysics
- numerical modeling
- SAR processing
- interferometry
- time series analysis
- photogrammetry and sonogrammetry
- multi-spectral approaches
- global navigation satellite system (GNSS)
- wave processes
- electromagnetic and acoustic perturbations in geophysics
- different frequency ranges, including ULF, ELF, VLF, and higher
- lithosphere-hydrosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere coupling and synergetic processes
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Swarm Investigations of ULF Pulsation and Plasma Irregularity Signatures Potentially Associated With Geophysical Activity
Authors: Georgios Balasis; Angelo De Santis; Constantinos Papadimitriou; Adamantia Zoe Boutsi; Gianfranco Cianchini; Omiros Giannakis; Stelios M. Potirakis; Mioara Mandea
Affiliation: Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS), National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Athens, Greece
Abstract: Launched on 22 November 2013, Swarm is the fourth in a series of pioneering Earth Explorer missions and also ESA’s first constellation to advance our understanding of the Earth’s magnetic field and the near-Earth electromagnetic environment. Swarm provides an ideal platform in the topside ionosphere for observing ultra-low frequency (ULF) waves, as well as Equatorial Spread-F (ESF) events or plasma bubbles and thus, offers an excellent opportunity for space weather studies. For this purpose, a specialized time-frequency analysis (TFA) toolbox has been developed for deriving Pc1 (0.2–5 Hz) and Pc3 (22–100 mHz) wave indices, as well as ionospheric plasma irregularities distribution maps. In this methodological paper we focus on the ULF pulsation and ESF activity observed by Swarm satellites during a time interval centered around the occurrence of the 24 August 2016 Central Italy M6 earthquake. Due to the Swarm orbit proximity with respect to the earthquake epicenter, i.e. a few hours before the earthquake occurred, data from the mission may offer a variety of interesting observations around the time of the earthquake event that could be associated with the occurrence of this geophysical event. Most notably, we observe the occurrence of an electron density perturbation 6 hours prior to the earthquake, i.e., when the satellites were flying above Italy.
Title: Excitation of low-frequency resonators and waveguide oscilla-tions in the Earth-Atmosphere-Ionosphere system by lightning current sources, connected with Hunga-Tonga volcano eruption
Authors: Yuriy G. Rapoport; Volodymyr V. Grimalsky; Andrzej Krankowski; Asen Grytsai; Sergei S. Petrishchevskii; Leszek Błaszkiewicz; Chieh-Hung Chen
Affiliation: Space Radio-Diagnostics Research Centre, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
Abstract: The current source near the location of Hunga-Tonga volcano eruption has a wide-band frequency spectrum. It is monotonous in Very Low Frequency (VLF) range but has many significant details at the lower frequencies (Ultra-Low Frequency – ULF, Extremely-Low Frequency – ELF). Nonetheless, the decreasing amplitude tendency maintains at the frequencies exceeding ~0.1 Hz. In this paper, a combined dynamic-quasi-stationary method has been developed to simulate ULF penetration through the Earth (Lithosphere)-Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere system. This method is suitable for arbitrarily low frequencies, down to f = $10^{-4}$ Hz, and it is used for cases of both open and closed geomagnetic field lines. The electromagnetic field is determined from the dynamics in the ionosphere, and from quasi-stationary approach in the atmosphere, taking into account not only the electric, but also the magnetic component of the field. A numerical-analytical method has been developed to find the eigenmodes of the Schumann and associated Schumann and Ionospheric Alfvén resonators in the ELF range and the eigenmodes of the Earth-Ionosphere waveguide in the VLF range. A complex dispersion equation for the corresponding disturbances is derived. It turned out that the density of effective lightning current in the ULF range reaches a value of the order of $10^{-7}$ A/$m^2$. It is shown that oscillations at the main resonance frequency in the Schumann resonator can simultaneously cause noticeable excitation of the local Ionospheric Alfvén resonator, the parameters of which depend on the angle between the geomagnetic field and vertical. The following effects are confirmed: (i) mutual conversion of transverse-magnetic modes into transverse-electric modes at a distance of about 1000 km and (ii) the possibility of VLF propagation over distances of the order of several thousand km in the Waveguide Earth–Ionosphere. The results obtained generally correspond to the experimental data, qualitatively and in some cases quantitatively.