IWG2
Earthquake Prediction, Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption, Electromagnetic Phemomena, Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionsphere Coupling

Main Organiser
Masashi Hayakawa
University of Electro-Communications, Chofu Tokyo, Japan
hayakawa@whistler.ee.uec.ac.jp

Co-Organiser(s)
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Brief Description
The realization of short-term earthquake prediction is highly required for the people who live in the active seismic and/or volcanic zones including Asian and Ocenian regions. Recently, interests in the electromagnetic phenomena related to earthquakes and volcanoes are growing in the international scientific community, and there have been accumulated a lot of interesting results. The focus of this session is to highlight the electromagnetic (and related (i.e.geochemical) approaches to monitor crustal activities such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The interpretation of electromagnetic phenomena under the earthquake preparation process and the clarification of underlying physycal mechanisms are the final goal of this topic. This session deals with the phenomena taking place not only in the lithoshere, but also in the atmosphere and ionosphere.