GPS network observation of traveling ionospheric disturbances following the Chelyabinsk meteorite blast

Ding, Feng; Mao, Tian; Hu, Lianhuan; Ning, Baiqi; Wan, Weixing; Wang, Yungang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-1045-2016

Articles | Volume 34, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-1045-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-1045-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 34, issue 11

Regular paper

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17 Nov 2016

Regular paper |

| 17 Nov 2016

GPS network observation of traveling ionospheric disturbances following the Chelyabinsk meteorite blast

Feng Ding, Tian Mao, Lianhuan Hu, Baiqi Ning, Weixing Wan, and Yungang Wang

Data sets

Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Receiver Independent Exchange Format (RINEX) files CDDIS http://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov

Short summary

Two traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) were observed by the GPS network in Asia following the large meteorite blast over Chelyabinsk, Russia. No TIDs propagating in a global range were found. Features of TIDs were compared with those excited by early nuclear explosion tests. It is inferred from our analysis that the energy release of the Chelyabinsk meteorite blast may not be large enough to excite such ionospheric disturbances in a global range as some nuclear explosions have done.