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Earthquake Precursors in the Atmosphere and Ionosphere: New Concepts Hardcover – Import, 2 January 2023

Sergey Pulinets . Springer . English

This book discusses how the increased emanation of radon and other gases from the Earth’s crust in the vicinity of active tectonic faults triggers a chain of physical processes and chemical reactions in the atmospheric boundary layer and the Earth’s ionosphere over an earthquake area several days/hours before strong seismic shocks occur. It presents the two main concepts involved in this mechanism: atmosphere ionization and the global electric circuit. The Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling (LAIC) concept is strongly supported by experimental data showing the atmospheric and ionospheric precursors for major recent earthquakes including 2004 Sumatra; 2008 Sichuan, China; 2011 Tohoku, Japan; and 2015 Nepal. The book not only addresses the theoretical considerations but also includes information on experimental techniques used for precursor observations based on the space-borne systems. Providing practical methods of precursor identification and interpretation, it is an excellenttextbook for graduate courses in geophysics, earthquake science, atmospheric physics and remote sensing. Moreover, it offers a wealth of information for scientists and experts from governmental and international agencies working in the fields of natural-disaster mitigation, response and recovery.

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About the Author

Dimitar Ouzounov received his Ph.D. in Geophysics in 1990 at the Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. After a period as a Researcher at the Academy of Science in Bulgaria, he became a Research Scientist at NASA Godard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. Dimitar developed a new methodology for the analysis of transient thermal radiation in the atmosphere associated with earthquakes and geodynamics processes from space. Currently, he is a Research Professor at Chapman University, Orange, CA, USA. Since 2004 he has been studying the processes of the Earth’s lithosphere–atmosphere–ionosphere coupling in order to obtain a new understanding of the geospheres’ interactions associated with lithosphere processes, pre-earthquake phenomena, and other major natural hazards. In geophysics, he is recognized for developing an interdisciplinary sensor-web methodology for study the pre-earthquake processes. In the field of Earth Science, he contributed to the development of a new paradigm of satellite monitoring of Earth’s radioactivity processes for Disaster applications. He is the author of about two hundred papers and conference proceedings. He has also co-authored a series of three books on Pre-Earthquake processes, Geosphere coupling, and earthquake warnings.

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