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Variations in Geophysical Fields during the Tonga Volcanic Eruption According to the Data of the Mikhnevo Large-Scale Research Facility

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This paper considers the results of registering geophysical field variations by the large-scale research facilities “Mid-Latitude complex of geophysical observations “Mikhnevo”” at the Sadovsky Institute of Geospheres Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, caused by the catastrophic Tonga volcanic eruption in the period from December 19, 2021, to January 18, 2022. Atmospheric–ionospheric waves associated with the Tonga volcanic activity were a source of global geomagnetic disturbances. An independent estimate of the eruption time and propagation velocity of electromagnetic disturbances is made based on synchronous measurements of Schumann resonance signals, atmospheric pressure, and geomagnetic field variations. The background data obtained during the observation period of December 2021 to January 2022 are compared with the results of registering the Tonga volcanic eruption and two passages of Lamb’s surface wave around the Earth. The ranges of atmospheric pressure variations and the amplitudes of hydrogeological responses of the weakly confined and confined aquifers have been determined. Experimental data obtained by the Mikhnevo large-scale research facilities confirm the relationship between different geospheres and add the global database of geophysical parameters recorded at different epicentral distances from catastrophic events.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank Dr. Sci. (Phys.–Mat.) I.A. Sanina, head of the Seismological Methods for Studying the Lithosphere laboratory, for providing seismic registration data for the period from December 2021 to January 2022, as well as V.M. Ermak and D.V. Egorov for help in obtaining and processing geomagnetic and infrasound data.

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This study was carried out as part of State Tasks of the Sadovsky Institute of Geospheres Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences (topics nos. 122032900172-5 and 122032900175-6).

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Gorbunova, E.M., Ryakhovskiy, I.A., Gavrilov, B.G. et al. Variations in Geophysical Fields during the Tonga Volcanic Eruption According to the Data of the Mikhnevo Large-Scale Research Facility. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 58, 1350–1366 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433822110044

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