Seismic Ambient Noise

A comprehensive overview of seismic ambient noise, covering observations, physical origins, modelling, processing methods and applications in imaging and monitoring.

Nori Nakata (Edited by), Lucia Gualtieri (Edited by), Andreas Fichtner (Edited by)

9781108417082, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 March 2019

370 pages, 104 b/w illus. 16 colour illus.
25.2 x 17.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.93 kg

The seismic ambient field allows us to study interactions between the atmosphere, the oceans and the solid Earth. The theoretical understanding of seismic ambient noise has improved substantially in the last decades, and the number of its applications has increased dramatically. With chapters written by eminent scientists from the field, this book covers a range of topics including ambient noise observations, generation models of their physical origins, numerical modelling and processing methods. The later chapters focus on applications in imaging and monitoring the internal structure of the Earth, including interferometry for time-dependant imaging and tomography. This volume thus provides a comprehensive overview of this cutting-edge discipline for graduate students studying geophysics and for scientists working in seismology and other imaging sciences.

Foreword Michel Campillo
1. Visualization of the seismic ambient noise spectrum D. E. McNamara and R. I. Boaz
2. Beamforming and polarisation analysis M. Gal and A. M. Reading
3. Physics of ambient noise generation by ocean waves F. Ardhuin, L. Gualtieri and E. Stutzmann
4. Theoretical foundations of noise interferometry A. Fichtner and V. C. Tsai
5. Overview of pre- and post-processing of ambient-noise correlations M. H. Ritzwoller and L. Feng
6. Locating velocity changes in elastic media with coda wave interferometry R. Snieder, A. Duran and A. Obermann
7. Applications with surface waves extracted from ambient seismic noise N. M. Shapiro
8. Body wave exploration N. Nakata and K. Nishida
9. Noise-based monitoring C. Sens-Schonfelder and F. Brenguier
10. Near-surface engineering K. Hayashi
Epilogue
Index.

Subject Areas: Mining technology & engineering [TTU], Imaging systems & technology [TTBM], Earthquake engineering [TNCE], Oceanography [seas RBKC], Volcanology & seismology [RBC], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ], Geophysics [PHVG]