1998/11/24 by Seiya Uyeda · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · #Computer science #Dipole #Earthquake Detection and Analysis #Earthquake prediction #Electrical resistivity and conductivity #Engineering #Geodesy #Geography #Geology #Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods #Geophysics #Magnetotellurics #Meteorology #Noise (video) #Physics #Seismic Waves and Analysis #Seismology #Term (time)
paper · doi:10.1029/98eo00417
openalex publication_date 1998/11/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Although optimism prevailed in the 1970s, the present consensus on earthquake prediction appears to be quite pessimistic. However, short‐term prediction based on geoelectric potential monitoring has stood the test of time in Greece for more than a decade [ VarotsosandKulhanek , 1993] Lighthill , 1996]. The method used is called the VAN method. The geoelectric potential changes constantly due to causes such as magnetotelluric effects, lightning, rainfall, leakage from manmade sources, and electrochemical instabilities of electrodes. All of this noise must be eliminated before preseismic signals are identified, if they exist at all. The VAN group apparently accomplished this task for the first time. They installed multiple short (100–200m) dipoles with different lengths in both north‐south and east‐west directions and long (1–10 km) dipoles in appropriate orientations at their stations (one of their mega‐stations, Ioannina, for example, now has 137 dipoles in operation) and found that practically all of the noise could be eliminated by applying a set of criteria to the data.