eprintid: 1302592 rev_number: 76 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/30/25/92 datestamp: 2011-04-11 20:28:34 lastmod: 2021-09-19 23:46:25 status_changed: 2013-09-05 10:04:49 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Chmyrev, V creators_name: Smith, A creators_name: Kataria, D creators_name: Nesterov, B creators_name: OWEN, CJ creators_name: Sammonds, P creators_name: Sorokin, V creators_name: Vallianatos, F title: Detection and monitoring of earthquake precursors: Twinsat, a Russia-uk satellite project ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C06 divisions: F57 divisions: F63 keywords: Earthquake, Ionosphere, Satellite note: © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. abstract: There is now a body of evidence to indicate that coupling occurs between the lithosphere–atmosphere–ionosphere prior to earthquake events. Nevertheless the physics of these phenomena and the possibilities of their use as part of an earthquake early warning system remain poorly understood. Proposed here is a programme to create a much greater understanding in this area through the deployment of a dedicated space asset along with coordinated ground stations, modelling and the creation of a highly accessible database. The space element would comprise 2 co-orbiting spacecraft (TwinSat) involving a microsatellite and a nanosatellite, each including a suite of science instruments appropriate to this study. Over a mission duration of 3 years ∼ 400 earthquakes in the range 6–6.9 on the Richter scale would be ‘observed’. Such a programme is a prerequisite for an effective earthquake early warning system. date: 2013-09-15 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2013.06.017 vfaculties: VMPS vfaculties: VMPS oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_source: Manually entered elements_id: 304428 doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2013.06.017 lyricists_name: Kataria, Dhiren lyricists_name: Owen, Christopher lyricists_name: Sammonds, Peter lyricists_name: Smith, Alan lyricists_name: Vallianatos, Filippos lyricists_id: DKATA58 lyricists_id: CJOWE13 lyricists_id: PRSAM22 lyricists_id: ASMIT51 lyricists_id: FVALL97 full_text_status: public publication: Advances in Space Research volume: 52 number: 6 pagerange: 1135-1145 issn: 0273-1177 citation: Chmyrev, V; Smith, A; Kataria, D; Nesterov, B; OWEN, CJ; Sammonds, P; Sorokin, V; Chmyrev, V; Smith, A; Kataria, D; Nesterov, B; OWEN, CJ; Sammonds, P; Sorokin, V; Vallianatos, F; - view fewer <#> (2013) Detection and monitoring of earthquake precursors: Twinsat, a Russia-uk satellite project. Advances in Space Research , 52 (6) pp. 1135-1145. 10.1016/j.asr.2013.06.017 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2013.06.017>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1302592/1/Chmyrev_Advances_in_Space_Research.pdf