Spectral element method and Adjoint Tomography

Lectures 20 - 21

• Dimitri Komatitsch, Jeroen Ritsema and Jeroen Tromp, The spectral-element method, Beowulf computing, and three-dimensional seismology, Science, vol. 298, p. 1737-1742 (2002).
• Tape, C., Q. Liu, A. Maggi, and J. Tromp, 2009, Adjoint tomography of the southern California crust, Science, v. 325, p. 988-992.
• Supplementary Information for Tape et al. (2009)

• Tape, C.H., Liu, Q., and Tromp, J., 2007. Finite-frequency tomography using adjoint methods: methodology and examples using membrane surface waves, Geophys. J. Int., 168, 1105–1129.
• Komatitsch, D., and Tromp, J., 2002. Spectral-element simulations of global seismic wave propagation -I. Validation, Geophys. J. Int., 149, 390–412.
• Full 3D Tomography for Crustal Structure of the Los Angeles Region, Po Chen, Li Zhao and Thomas H. Jordan, 2007, Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, Vol. 97, No. 4, pp. 1094-1120, doi: 10.1785/0120060222
• Publication website of Professor Jeroen Tromp
• Global ShakeMovie

Paper reading and discussion: In the last part of the class, we will discuss three topics of modern research in the field of observational and computational seismology. You are required to submit (electronically) a 2-page summary after each topic. Paper reading and discussion comprises 15% of your total grade, and is based on your summary, and in-class participation.