Title
Localized field-aligned currents and 4-min TEC and ground magnetic oscillations during the 2015 eruption of Chile's Calbuco volcano Swarm Science Results after two years in Space 2. Aeronomy
Date Issued
01 December 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Aoyama T.
Iyemori T.
Nakanishi K.
Nishioka M.
Publisher(s)
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Abstract
The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile erupted on April 22, 2015. About 2 h after the first eruption, a Swarm satellite passed above the volcano and observed enhancement of small-amplitude (~0.5 nT) magnetic fluctuations with wave-packet structure which extends 15° in latitude. Similar wave packet is seen at the geomagnetic conjugate point of the volcano. Just after the eruption, geomagnetic fluctuations with the spectral peaks around the vertical acoustic resonance periods, 215 and 260 s, were also observed at Huancayo Geomagnetic Observatory located on the magnetic equator. Besides these observations, around 4-min, i.e., 175, 205 and 260 s, oscillations of total electron content (TEC) were observed at global positioning system stations near the volcano. The horizontal propagation velocity and the spatial scale of the TEC oscillation are estimated to be 720 m/s and 1600 km, respectively. These observations strongly suggest that the atmospheric waves induced by explosive volcanic eruption generate TEC variation and electric currents. The Swarm observation may be explained as a manifestation of their magnetic effects observed in the topside ionosphere.
Volume
68
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Geología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84984908655
Source
Earth, Planets and Space
ISSN of the container
13438832
Sponsor(s)
This study is a part of the research proposal (ID: 10230) to the Swarm Science and Validation Opportunity Project under the ESA. The ground magnetic data at Huancayo and the TEC data are provided by Huancayo Geomagnetic Observatory, Instituto Geofisico del Peru and National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. This study was partially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 15H05815 and 25287128 under Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS).
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