TY - JOUR
TI - Earthquake prediction, ionospheric total electron content, and three earthquakes in California
AU - Ürüşan Ahmet Yücel
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2019
VL - 23
IS - 11
SP - 167
EP - 174
PT - Article
AB - Because it is a newer and unproven technique, ionospheric seismology is still  accepted as a phenomenon by a lot of scientists. However, research in this  subject is rapidly increasing in the last decade. According to the  ionospheric seismology, the mechanical energy accumulated by the compression  of the rocks before the big earthquakes is released from the ground by  creating a positive hall. These processes at the ground-to-air interface can  lead to the injection of massive amounts of air ions into the lower  atmosphere.” [1]. As a result of the injection, the earthquake lights,  temperature rising, the pressure in the troposphere, radio frequencies  distortions and Total Electron Content perturbation in ionosphere occur.  Therefore, even if it doesn't enough alone, this parameter can be  contributing to earthquake predict. It has been supported with several  instances of manuscript. In this study, ionospheric Total Electron Content  was calculated for each station and satellite using Global Positioning  System stations data in California for three last earthquakes. The  earthquakes are named Hector Mine-1999, Baja-2009 and Napa-2014, and their  magnitudes are 7.1, 7.2, and 6 respectively. After the processes, quite  significant outcomes have been obtained.