STUDY AND ANALYSIS ON TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT IN SEISMO-IONOSPHERIC COUPLING FOR EARTHQUAKE MONITORING IN THAILAND

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Earthquake TEC IGS TEC IRI TEC Correlation

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Chollada Pansong*
Department of Technical Education, Faculty of Technical Education, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani, 12110 Thailand
Thanapon Keokhumcheng
Department of Electronics, Nongbualumphu Technical College, Nong Bua Lum Phu, Thailand
Patiphan sumniang
Department of Engineering Education School of industrial education and technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
Prasert Kenpankho
Department of Engineering Education School of industrial education and technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

This research shows the study and analysis on the relationship between earthquake events and the Total Electron Content (TEC) of the ionosphere over Thailand during 2007-2020. The method for this research is to use the International GNSS Service (IGS) network and the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) model for finding TEC in the ionosphere and analyze the correlation on earthquake events and ionosphere characteristics. The result is correlated between IGS TEC and earthquake events at 0.089, which shows the positive evidence of correlation on earthquake magnitudes and ionosphere. The relationship between IRI TEC and earthquake events correlates at 0.056, which shows the positive correlation between earthquake events and ionosphere. A significant correlation among IGS TEC, IRI TEC, and earthquake events obviously showed direct evidence of correlation coefficient on ionosphere disturbance and earthquake magnitudes at 5.0 and upward magnitudes. As the results, it guides to making the future work and the researchers will study the significance of the development of earthquake warning systems.


 

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