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Explosion energy of the 2004 eruption of the Asama Volcano, central Japan, inferred from ionospheric disturbances
Author(s) -
Heki Kosuke
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2006gl026249
Subject(s) - volcano , geology , seismology , disturbance (geology) , ionosphere , amplitude , geophysics , geomorphology , optics , physics
The Japanese dense array of Global Positioning System recorded ionospheric disturbances as changes in Total Electron Content ∼12 minutes after the September 1 2004 eruption of the Asama Volcano, Central Japan. The disturbance had a period of one and a quarter minutes and propagated as fast as ∼1.1 km/s, suggesting its origin as the acoustic wave generated by the explosion. By comparing the disturbance amplitudes with those by a surface mine blast with a known energy, the overall Asama explosion energy is inferred to be about 2 × 10 14 J.