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Study of great earthquakes by means of satellite altimetry and Synthetic aperture radar.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10440126
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 固体地球物理学
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

OKUBO Shuhei  Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Professor, 地震研究所, 教授 (30152078)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) FURUYA Masato  Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Research Associated, 地震研究所, 助手 (60313045)
HIBIYA Toshiyuki  Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Professor, 大学院・理学系研究科, 教授 (80192714)
Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2000
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2000)
Budget Amount *help
¥11,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥3,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥6,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,300,000)
KeywordsGeoid / Fault motion / Viscoelasticity / Satellite Altimetry / Synthetic Aperture Radar / 人工衛星
Research Abstract

1. We carried out a research to eliminate the meteorological disturbance on the differential interferometry of SAR data by using a JMA regional numerical model. The technique enables us to detect long wavelength undulated fringes at western coast of Korean Peninsula by ERS-1 satellite radar interferometry. Though the amplitude in the derived interferogram is larger than that of prediction, the spatial pattern is similar to the theoretical computation of inland flexural response to the ocean tide in the Yellow Sea.
2. We developed a recipe to compute gravity/geoid height change and vertical displacement caused by a point dislocation in a spherical, viscoelastic and self-gravitating earth. It enables us to trace the crustal deformation excited by a great earthquake. Time evolutions for a point source located in the elastic lithosphere is distinctively different from that when a source is in the viscoelastic asthenosphere.
3. As a first step toward a numerical modeling of global internal tide field, the distribution of the M2 internal tide in the North Pacific is examined using a three-dimensional primitive equation numerical model. The numerical simulation shows that energetic internal tides are generated over the prominent bottom topographies in the Indonesian Archipelago, the Solomon Archipelago, the Aleutian Archipelago as well as over the continental shelf slope in the East China Sea, the Izu-Ogasawara Ridge and the Hawaiian Ridge. In particular, the calculated spatial distribution of the M2 internal tide around the Hawaiian Ridge agrees very well with that obtained from the Topex/Poseidon altimetry.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2000 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All Other

All Publications (15 results)

  • [Publications] Tanaka Y.,S.Okubo,M.Machida,I.Kimura and T.Kosuge: "First detection of absolute gravity change caused by earthquake"Geophys.Res.Lett.. 28(印刷中). (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Furuya M.and S.Okubo: "Inland flexure due to ocean tide loading : a possible detection by satellite radar interferometry at western coast of Korean peninsula"Geophys.Res.Lett.. 28(印刷中). (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Nagasawa M.,Y.Niwa and T.Hibiya: "Spatial and temporal distribution of the wind-induced internal wave energy available for deep water mixing in the North Pacific"J.Geophys.Res.. 105・C6. 13,933-13,943 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Niwa Y.and T.Hibiya: "Numerical study of the spatial distribution of internal tidal energy in the North Pacific"J.Geodetic Soc.Japan. 46(印刷中). (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tanaka, Y., S.Okubo, M.Machida, I.Kimura, and T.Kosuge: "First detection of absolute gravity change caused by earthquake"Geophys.Res.Lett.. 28 (in press). (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Furuya, M.and S.Okubo: "Inland flexure due to ocean tide loading : a possible detection by satellite radar interferometry at western coast of Korean peninsula"Geophys.Res.Lett.. 28 (in press). (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Nagasawa, M., Y.Niwa, and T.Hibiya: "Spatial and temporal distribution of the wind-induced internal wave energy available for deep water mixing in the North Pacific"J.Geophys.Res.. 105 (C6). 13,933-13,943 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Niwa, Y., and T.Hibiya: "Numerical study of the spatial distribution of internal tidal energy in the North Pacific"J.Geodetic Soc.Japan. 46 (in press). (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Nagasawa.M.,Y.Niwa,and T.Hibiya: "Spatial and temporal distribution of the wind-induced internal wave energy available for deep water mixing in the North Pacific"J.Geophys.Res.. 105巻C6号. 13,933-13,943 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Niwa.Y.,and T.Hibiya: "Numerical study of the spatial distribution of internal tidal energy in the North Pacific"J.Geodetic Soc.Japan. 46巻(印刷中). (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tanaka,Y.,S.Okubo,M.Machida,I.Kimura,and T.Kosuge: "First detection of absolute gravity change caused by earthquake"Geophys.Res.Lett.. 28巻(印刷中). (2001)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Yoshida,S.,G.Seta,S.Okuda, and S.Kobayashi: "Absolute gravity change associated with the March 1997 earthquake swarm in the Izu Peninsula"Earth Planets Space. 51巻. 3-12 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Niwa,Y., and T.Hibiya: "Response of the deep ocean internal wave field to traveling midlatitude storms as observed in long term current measurements"J.Geophys.Res. 104巻. 10981-10987 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Sun,W.and S.Okubo: "Surface potential and gravity changes due tointernal dislocations in a spherical earth-II. Application to a finite fault" Geophys.J.Int. 132巻. 79-88 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Hibiya,T., Y.Niwa and K.Fujiwara: "Numerical experiments of Numerical experiments of nonlinear energy transfer within the oceanic internal wave spectrum" J.Geophys.Res. 103巻. 18715-18722 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report

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