Remote Sensing of the Electromagnetic Effects of the Tonga Volcano Eruption on January 15, 2022

B. G. Gavrilov; Гаврилов Б. Г.; Yu. V. Poklad; Поклад Ю. В.; I. A. Ryakhovsky; Ряховский И. А.; V. M. Ermak; Ермак В. М.

doi:10.31857/S000233372303002X

Remote Sensing of the Electromagnetic Effects of the Tonga Volcano Eruption on January 15, 2022

Authors: Gavrilov B.G.¹, Poklad Y.V.¹, Ryakhovsky I.A.¹, Ermak V.M.¹
Affiliations:
1. Sadovsky Institute of Geosphere Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Issue: No 3 (2023)
Pages: 122-130
Section: Articles
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0002-3337/article/view/139027
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S000233372303002X
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/JZNHQD
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Abstract

The possibility of remote studies of electromagnetic and ionospheric effects caused by the eruption of the Tonga volcano on January 15, 2022 is shown. At distances up to 15 000 km from the source, geomagnetic field variations associated with disturbances of the Schuman resonance (SR), Lamb wave propagation and acoustic-gravitational waves are registered. It is shown that the appearance of a powerful source of thunderstorm activity caused by the eruption produced a significant increase (more than three times) in the amplitude of geomagnetic disturbances at SR frequencies, which correlates with the number of lightning discharges. The effect of the eruption on the frequency characteristics of the SR was not detected.

Keywords

volcanic eruption, thunderstorm activity, Lamb wave, acoustic-gravity waves, geomagnetic disturbances, Schuman resonance

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