Summary
SEMUCB-WM1 is a global whole-mantle tomographic earth model derived from fully numerical SEM-based forward modelling.
Description
| Name | SEMUCB-WM1 | ||
| Title | SEMUCB-WM1 Global Model (v1) | ||
| Data Version | v1 | ||
| Data Revision | r0.1 (revision history) | ||
| Type | 3D tomography Earth model | ||
| Sub Type | Isotropic Vs and Radially anisotropic Xi | ||
| Year | 2014 | ||
| Short Description | SEMUCB-WM1 is a global radially anisotropic shear velocity model derived from fully numerical SEM-based forward modelling. It is parametrized in terms of isotropic S velocity (Voigt average) and the anisotropic parameter, xi (Vsh2/Vsv2 ). |
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| r0.1 Revision Notes | The SEMUCB_WM1 expresses the perturbations to mantle VS and ξ in cubic b-splines radially and in spherical splines laterally. However, the previous SEMUCB_WM1 (r0.0) was only evaluated to limited spherical spline and b-spline nodes. This version updates the model to include appropriate number of nodes to represent the global 3D model laterally and radially. | ||
| Usage Notes | This version of the model is only for plotting purposes. If you wish to compute synthetic seismograms based on this model, please refer to the guidelines here, or better, if you wish to use SPECFEM_3Dglobe, please ask us (barbarar@berkeley.edu) for the corresponding subroutines, as proper meshing is important, especially for the crust. We are in the process of incorporating these subroutines in the standard distribution of SPECFEM_3Dglobe. | ||
| Authors: | S. W. French, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, McCone Hall, University of California, Berkeley B.A.Romanowicz, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, McCone Hall, University of California, Berkeley |
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| Model Download | For visualization purposes only: Voigt-average isotropic shear wave velocity, Vs, model can be downloaded in netCDF 3 Classic format (semucb-2014-ucb-vs-viz-only.r0.1.nc, metadata). Radially anisotropic parameter, Xi (V_SH2/V_SV2), model can be downloaded in netCDF 3 Classic format (semucb-2014-ucb-xi-viz-only.r0.1.nc, metadata). Details about the model can be seen here as well as versions of the model appropriate for waveform simulations. |
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| Model Homepage | https://github.com/bsl-group/SEMUCB-WM1-Model | ||
| Depth Coverage | 30 to 2891 km (netCDF), whole Earth (original model) | ||
| Area | Global (-90°/90°, -180°/180°) | ||
| Data Set Description | See French and Romanowicz, 2014 for details on the data set used. | ||
Citations and DOIs
To cite the original work behind this Earth model:
- French, S., & Romanowicz, B. A. (2014). Whole-mantle radially anisotropic shear velocity structure from spectral-element waveform tomography. Geophysical Journal International, 199(3), 1303–1327. https://doi.org/
https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggu334
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: https://doi.org/10.17611/dp/emc.2023.semucbwm1.1
References
If you use this model, please check out the following related papers:
- French, S. W. and B. Romanowicz (2015) Broad plumes Rooted At The Base Of The Earth’s Mantle Beneath Major Hotspots, Nature, 525, 95-99. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14876
- French, S. W., Y. Zheng, B. Romanowicz and K. Yelick (2015) Parallel Hessian assembly for Seismic Waveform inversion using Global updates, Proceedings of the 29th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (2015) https://doi.org/10.1109/IPDPS.2015.58.
- French, S.W., V. Lekic, and B. Romanowicz (2013), Waveform Tomography Reveals Channeled Flow at the Base of the Oceanic Asthenosphere, Science, 342, 227- 230
Credits
Utpal Kumar, Berkeley Seismological Lab, University of California, Berkeley
Revision History
revision r0.0: uploaded January 24, 2023.
revision r0.1: uploaded July 17, 2023.
Timeline
- 2023-01-24
- r0.0
- 2023-07-17
- r0.1
- 2024-09-13
- Home page URL updated
