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Russian Geology and Geophysics

2012 year, number 4

CRUSTAL GEODYNAMIC ACTIVITY: MANIFESTATIONS IN CLOUD FIELDS

L.I. Morozova
Institute for Complex Analysis of Regional Problems, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Sholom-Aleikhema 4, Birobidzhan, 679016, Russia
Keywords: Lithoatmospheric coupling, linear cloud anomalies, satellite image, geodynamic monitoring
Pages: 416-423

Abstract

We consider different kinds of linear cloud anomalies appearing in satellite images over activated crustal faults. The spatiotemporal relationship between earthquakes and cloud anomalies was studied by statistical methods. It has been shown that these cloud anomalies in the atmosphere can be used for short-term prediction of the earthquake time and region. Also, we consider the earthquake-related evolution of the giant thunderstorm cloud near the epicenter before the earthquake.