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Table 1 Wave characteristics of Lamb wave, tsunami and 9 TIDs, observed over South America on 15 January 2022

From: Ionospheric disturbances over South America related to Tonga volcanic eruption

Wave ID

(Lat, Lon) (deg)

Start at (UT)

λH(km)

τ (min)

CH (m/s)

θ (deg)

Amplitude

Lamb wave

SCFT (43.2S, 71.9W)

12:30

--

Solitary

304.5 ± 06

46.7

± 1.0 hPa

Tsunami

BHM (40.6S, 73.7W)

17:15

--

32, 26, 12

--

--

± 30 cm

TID-1

30–40S (Chile)

11:30

1174 ± 117

36 ± 1

544 ± 56

139 ± 5

± 0.3 TECu

TID-2

30–40S (Chile)

11:45

946 ± 95

36 ± 2

438 ± 50

37 ± 4

1.5/− 0.3 TECu

TID-3

40–45S (Chile)

12:30

479 ± 88

20 ± 5

399 ± 124

32 ± 5

± 0.6 TECu

TID-4

35–40S (chile)

13:15

348 ± 6

19.7 ± 2

294 ± 26

40 ± 3

± 0.6 TECu

TID-5

30–40S (Chile)

16:05

875 ± 41

31 ± 01

470 ± 27

30 ± 2

± 2.5 TECu

TID-6

40–45S (Chile)

17:30

505 ± 70

24 ± 5

350 ± 88

24 ± 4

± 0.3 TECu

TID-7

35–40S (Chile)

18:35

330 ± 9

20 ± 0.8

275 ± 13

29 ± 2

± 0.3 TECu

TID-8

20–30S (Brazil)

15:31

366 ± 40

20 ± 2

305 ± 45

41 ± 5

± 0.6 TECu

TID-9

20–30S (Brazil)

19:00

667 ± 60

28 ± 3

397 ± 56

18 ± 6

+1.2/− 0.7 TECu

  1. λH: horizontal wavelength, τ: period, CH: phase speed, θ: azimuth of the propagation direction