Abstract
The position between BeiDou geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellites and ground-based receiving stations can roughly be considered to be constant with negligible fluctuations; thus, the total electron content (TEC) data over a fixed ionospheric piercing point (IPP) can be continuously acquired, which is advantageous for monitoring ionospheric disturbances. Focused on the Jiuzhaigou Ms7.0 earthquake that occurred on 8 August 2017, the TEC data inverted by the BeiDou GEO satellite were analyzed to extract ionospheric disturbances potentially associated with the earthquake. It was found that significant anomalies in ionospheric TEC occurred 10–11 days, 6–7 days, and 1–9 h prior to the earthquake, which was mainly located in the southeast and southwest directions within about 2500 km distance from the epicenter. Comparing the spatial and temporal characteristics between the ionospheric disturbance and the radon gas near the surface, the atmospheric electric field, and the spectrum of TEC data, it was considered that the chemical and acoustic–gravity wave pathway may play an important role in the lithosphere–atmosphere–ionosphere coupling (LAIC) mechanism.
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