Objective The project is intended to investigate the short-term transient processes in the global lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere coupled system using synchronous satellite and ground-based observations.The research will be based on analysis of the data obtained from several micro-satellites, including the French spacecraft DEMETER. The main scientific objectives of DEMETER are directly related to study of the ionospheric perturbations due to seismic and man-made activities.Satellite data will be analysed together with those collected from the specialized network of identical VLF receivers distributed in Russia, Europe and Japan. The network operates in conjunction with powerful transmitters deployed all over the world and enables the search for electromagnetic earthquake precursors in highly seismo-active regions such as the Far East and Southern Europe.A unique experimental database of electromagnetic and seismic observations from both satellite and ground-based sources will be created using data covering the Far East and Southern European regions. The combined use of satellite and ground-based datasets enables us to resolve the problem of the separation of spatial and temporal variations, which is insoluble using single satellite measurements. The work plan of the project foresees combined data processing and extensive theoretical modelling of the interaction processes and the signal transfer mechanisms in the lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere system. The method of global diagnostics of seismicity using both DEMETER and ground VLF signal observations has been already tested over Japan.The participants of the project have extensive experience performing investigations of seismicity and related geophysical phenomena as well as in the processing and analysis of satellite and ground based data.Overall, the project will fill several significant gaps in the understanding of the physics of the formation of ionospheric disturbances caused by seismic activity. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringastronautical engineeringspacecraftnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologyseismologynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata processing Programme(s) FP7-SPACE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space Topic(s) SPA.2010.3.2-01 - EU-Russia Cooperation in GMES (SICA) Call for proposal FP7-SPACE-2010-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP-SICA - Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA) Coordinator THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD EU contribution € 135 179,60 Address FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK S10 2TN Sheffield United Kingdom See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber South Yorkshire Sheffield Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Joanne Watson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Foundation of the Russian Academy of Sciences Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth RAS Russia EU contribution € 105 015,00 Address UL. BOL GRUZINSKAYA 10 123995 MOSKVA See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Alexander Rozhnoi (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 86 322,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Christophe Terrasse (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia EU contribution € 62 993,00 Address Nauka street 1B 693022 YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Leonid Bogomolov (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Russia EU contribution € 63 005,00 Address PROFSOYUZNAYA 84/32 117997 MOSKVA See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact David Shklyar (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
