Generalized Two-Dimensional Principal Component Analysis and Two Artificial Neural Networks to Detect Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Using the Tsunami-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling Mechanism

Abstract

A weak tsunami was induced by the 2016 Mw = 7.8 Sumatra earthquake, which occurred at 12:49 on March 2, 2016 (UTC). The epicenter was at 5.060°S, 94.170°E at a depth of 10 km. At 15.02 on March 2 (UTC), the weak tsunami (amplitude: 0.11 m) arrived at the station located at 10.40°S, 105.67°E. The largest first principal eigenvalue derived using the bilateral projection-based two-dimensional principal component analysis (B2DPCA) indicated a spatial traveling ionospheric disturbance (TID), which was caused by internal gravity waves (IGWs), at 13:20 on March 2 (UTC). The largest second principal eigenvalue represented another TID expanding to the southwest. The two largest principal eigenvalues were associated with the TIDs, which were also determined using two back-propagation neural network (BPNN) models and two convolutional neural network (CNN) models, called the BPNN-B2DPCA and CNN-B2DPCA methods, respectively. These two methods yielded the same results as the B2DPCA. Therefore, the robustness and reliability of the B2DPCA were validated.