Data Services Products: EMC-S362WMANI Anisotropic (anisotropy allowed throughout the mantle) S velocities

Summary

S362WMANI, Kustowski, Ekstrom and Dziewonski (2008) , is a version of S362ANI with anisotropy allowed throughout the mantle. The 1-D reference model is STW105 .

Description

Name S362WMANI
Title A global model of shear-wave velocity
Type 3-D Tomography Earth Model
Sub Type Anisotropic (anisotropy allowed throughout the mantle) S velocities
Year 2008
Short Description   This model is a version of S362ANI with anisotropy allowed throughout the mantle. The 1-D reference model is STW105 .
Authors:  
B. Kustowski
Chevron
San Ramon, California, USA
G. Ekstrom
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
Palisades, New York, USA
A. M. Dziewonski
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Previous Model
Reference Model STW105
Model Download
gzip tarfile of original model files and scripts.
The above model expressed as velocity perturbation relative to the STW105 reference model:
S362WMANI_percent.nc (see metadata ), is the netCDF file for the model
The above model expressed in km/s:
S362WMANI_kmps.nc (see metadata ), is the netCDF file for the model
Model Homepage
Depth Coverage Whole Mantle (25 to 2890 km)
Area Global (-90°/90°, -180°/180°)
 
Data Set Description [ James et al. (2011) ] The P-wave inversion for NWUS11-P is based on a total of 79,212 rays from 461 teleseismic events, with typical bandpass filter range of 0.5-1.5 Hz.

anisotropic velocity variations in S362ANI and S362WMANI
Figure, Kustowski, Ekstrom and Dziewonski (2008) , shows anisotropic velocity variations (VSH-VSV)/VS, in S362ANI and S362WMANI.

Citations and DOIs

To cite the original work behind this Earth model:

  • Kustowski, B, G. Ekstrom, and A. M. Dziewonski. 2008. “Anisotropic shear-wave velocity structure of the Earth’s mantle: A global model” J. Geophys. Res., 113:B06306, https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JB005169.

To cite IRIS DMC Data Products effort:

  • Trabant, C., A. R. Hutko, M. Bahavar, R. Karstens, T. Ahern, and R. Aster (2012), Data Products at the IRIS DMC: Stepping Stones for Research and Other Applications, Seismological Research Letters, 83(5), 846–854, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220120032.

DOI for this EMC webpage:

Credits

Model provided by Kustowski

Timeline

2013-01-31
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