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Authors: | Regi, Mauro* Guarnieri, Antonio* Lepidi, Stefania* Di Mauro, Domenico* |
Title: | Signature of Tidal Sea Level in Geomagnetic Field Variations at Island Lampedusa (Italy) Observatory | Journal: | Remote Sensing | Series/Report no.: | /14 (2022) | Publisher: | MDPI | Issue Date: | 2-Dec-2022 | DOI: | 10.3390/rs14246203 | URL: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/24/6203 | Keywords: | tidal geomagnetic signature induction arrows geomagnetic coast effect geomagnetic observatory ULF waves |
Abstract: | In this work, we analyze the geomagnetic field measurements collected from 2017 to 2020 at the Italian observatories of Lampedusa and Duronia (an island and inland site, respectively) for investigating a possible signature of the tidal sea water level changes on the local magnetic variations. We obtain the following main results: (a) evidence of the geomagnetic power spectral peaks at the solar and lunar tidal main frequencies at both sites is found; (b) by using a robust fit procedure, we find that the geomagnetic field variations at Lampedusa are strongly influenced by the lunar tidal variations in the sea level, while at Duronia, the main effects on the geomagnetic field variations are associated with diurnal solar ionospheric tides; (c) a single-station induction arrows (SSIAs) investigation reveals different behaviors between Lampedusa and Duronia. Specifically, Lampedusa shows that the induction arrows in different frequency ranges point toward different directions with different amplitudes, probably related to the surrounding regions with different water depths, while Duronia shows a persistent coast effect, with the induction arrows pointing toward the Adriatic sea; and (d) a Superposed Epoch Analysis reveals, only for Lampedusa, a close relationship between SSIAs with a frequency of > 2 mHz ( < 1.3 mHz) and the sea level variations driven by the astronomical O1 tide, indicating an amplitude intensification of ∼ 4 × 10 − 3 ( ∼ 5 × 10 − 3 ) and an azimuthal angle increment of ∼ 3° ( ∼ 9° ), in correspondence to a 1 cm sea level increase. |
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