Thermal Anomalies Detection Using Comparative Method for Small Earthquake

© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018. Thermal anomaly is one of the earthquake precursor in the earthquake preparatory phase. Remote sensing in thermal region has been employed based on the concept of stress accumulation in the active plate tectonics region, which may be transformed as tem...

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Main Authors: Pisanu Wongpornchai, Chanida Suwanprasit
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-626402018-11-29T07:46:02Z Thermal Anomalies Detection Using Comparative Method for Small Earthquake Pisanu Wongpornchai Chanida Suwanprasit Chemistry Engineering Materials Science © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018. Thermal anomaly is one of the earthquake precursor in the earthquake preparatory phase. Remote sensing in thermal region has been employed based on the concept of stress accumulation in the active plate tectonics region, which may be transformed as temperature variation prior to earthquake. MODIS Land Surface Temperature has been commonly used to locate the thermal anomalies before the earthquake. Recently researches have been focusing on moderate or large magnitude earthquake events. In Thailand, small earthquake can severely damage the unprepared area. This study, the daily day- and nighttime data of MODIS MOD11A1 product for 30 days before and 15 days after the earthquake on April 22, 2007, in Wiang Pa Pao District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, were processed and analysed to locate possibility of thermal anomalies. Thermal anomalies before and after the earthquakes were detected using the comparative method. The result found that the thermal anomaly temperature could be high up to 4.1 - 10.9 ° C which occurred in 21 - 22 days prior to the earthquake. Therefore, it may conclude that small earthquake can also release energy as the detectable thermal anomaly. However, more study about the relationship between thermal precursor and earthquake is needed to continue. 2018-11-29T07:36:44Z 2018-11-29T07:36:44Z 2018-08-06 Conference Proceeding 2261236X 2-s2.0-85053127286 10.1051/matecconf/201818601008 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85053127286&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/62640
institution Chiang Mai University
building Chiang Mai University Library
country Thailand
collection CMU Intellectual Repository
topic Chemistry
Engineering
Materials Science
spellingShingle Chemistry
Engineering
Materials Science
Pisanu Wongpornchai
Chanida Suwanprasit
Thermal Anomalies Detection Using Comparative Method for Small Earthquake
description © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018. Thermal anomaly is one of the earthquake precursor in the earthquake preparatory phase. Remote sensing in thermal region has been employed based on the concept of stress accumulation in the active plate tectonics region, which may be transformed as temperature variation prior to earthquake. MODIS Land Surface Temperature has been commonly used to locate the thermal anomalies before the earthquake. Recently researches have been focusing on moderate or large magnitude earthquake events. In Thailand, small earthquake can severely damage the unprepared area. This study, the daily day- and nighttime data of MODIS MOD11A1 product for 30 days before and 15 days after the earthquake on April 22, 2007, in Wiang Pa Pao District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, were processed and analysed to locate possibility of thermal anomalies. Thermal anomalies before and after the earthquakes were detected using the comparative method. The result found that the thermal anomaly temperature could be high up to 4.1 - 10.9 ° C which occurred in 21 - 22 days prior to the earthquake. Therefore, it may conclude that small earthquake can also release energy as the detectable thermal anomaly. However, more study about the relationship between thermal precursor and earthquake is needed to continue.
format Conference Proceeding
author Pisanu Wongpornchai
Chanida Suwanprasit
author_facet Pisanu Wongpornchai
Chanida Suwanprasit
author_sort Pisanu Wongpornchai
title Thermal Anomalies Detection Using Comparative Method for Small Earthquake
title_short Thermal Anomalies Detection Using Comparative Method for Small Earthquake
title_full Thermal Anomalies Detection Using Comparative Method for Small Earthquake
title_fullStr Thermal Anomalies Detection Using Comparative Method for Small Earthquake
title_full_unstemmed Thermal Anomalies Detection Using Comparative Method for Small Earthquake
title_sort thermal anomalies detection using comparative method for small earthquake
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