Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-19-693-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-19-693-2012
Research article
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12 Dec 2012
Research article |  | 12 Dec 2012

Fractal dimension analysis of the magnetic time series associated with the volcanic activity of Popocatépetl

E. L. Flores-Marquez, G. Galvez-Coyt, and G. Cifuentes-Nava

Abstract. Fractal analysis of the total magnetic field (TMF) time series from 1997 to 2003 at Popocatépetl Volcano is performed and compared with the TMF-series of the Teoloyucan Magnetic Observatory, 100 km away. Using Higuchi's fractal dimension method (D). The D changes over time for both series were computed. It was observed, when the time windows used to compute D increase in length, both series show nearly the same behavior. Some criteria of comparison were employed to discriminate the local effects inherent to volcano-magnetism. The simultaneous maximum in D (1.8) of the TMF series at Popocatépetl Volcano and the recovered volcanic activity indicates a scaling relation of the TMF at Popocatépetl Volcano and demonstrates a link between the magnetic field and volcanic activity.

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