International Workshop on Advancing Disaster Resilience through Radio Observations 2026

Enormous progress in seismo-electromagnetics over the past three decades has shown that various types of earthquake precursory signals have been identified through radio observations, and advances in satellite- and ground-based observational studies have provided growing evidence for the presence of pre-earthquake electromagnetic precursors. Significant efforts have been devoted to elucidating the mechanism of lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere coupling, and we are now at a stage where short-term earthquake prediction is being practised using multi-parameter and multi-layer measurements. We finally hope that many reports on different topics in this workshop will lead to a much better understanding of seismo-electromagnetic effects and lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere coupling for short-term earthquake prediction.

 

Secondly, recent global climate change has caused extreme weather events worldwide, often linked to active thunderstorms. Advanced lightning radio technologies present a promising method for monitoring these events, including tropical cyclones, tornadoes, wind gusts, and heavy rainfall leading to flash floods. The presentation will cover the mechanisms behind extreme weather phenomena, charge separation in thunderclouds, 3D visualization of lightning discharge paths, and experiments on artificially inducing lightning with rockets. Additionally, the session will discuss short-term forecasting of these phenomena using weather radar, aiming to prevent meteorological disasters.