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Signature of Tonga Volcanic Eruption in the ionosphere over South America
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  • Hisao Takahashi,
  • Cosme Alexandre O. B. Figueiredo,
  • Diego Barros,
  • Cristiano M. Wrasse,
  • Gabriel Augusto Giongo,
  • Rogerio H. Honda,
  • Luiz F. R. Vital,
  • Laysa Cristina Araujo Resende,
  • Prosper Kwamla Nyassor,
  • Toyese Tunde Ayorinde,
  • Carolina S Calmo,
  • Marcelo Banik de Padua,
  • Yuichi Otsuka
Hisao Takahashi
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

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Cosme Alexandre O. B. Figueiredo
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
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Diego Barros
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Cristiano M. Wrasse
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
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Gabriel Augusto Giongo
Southern Regional Space Research Center
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Rogerio H. Honda
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
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Luiz F. R. Vital
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
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Laysa Cristina Araujo Resende
National Institute for Space Research/China-Brazil Joint Laboratory of Space Weather
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Prosper Kwamla Nyassor
National Institute for Space Research
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Toyese Tunde Ayorinde
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
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Carolina S Calmo
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
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Marcelo Banik de Padua
National Institute for Space Research
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Yuichi Otsuka
Nagoya University
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Abstract

On January 15, 2022, we observed various unusual atmospheric wave events over the South American sector: Atmospheric pressure waves (Lamb mode) around 12:30 to 17:30 UT, Tsunamis along the Chile coast at around 17:00 to 19:00 UT, and related ionospheric disturbances between 11:30 and 20:00 UT. We understand that these events were generated by the Tonga volcanic eruption that occurred at (20.55°S, 175.39°W) in South Pacific Ocean at 04:15 UT. Several Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) were observed before and after the Lamb wave passed over the continent and the arrival of the tsunami on the Chile coast. This is the first time to report the signature of ionospheric disturbances over the South American continent generated by both the Lamb wave and the tsunami that were produced by the huge volcanic eruption.