A method to retrieve coseismic displacement by integrating GPS and strong motion data

We introduce a method of integrating Global Positioning System(GPS)and accelerometer data for high-rate seismogeodesy.This method is based on the GPS variometric approach which can obtain seismic waves in real time using only the readily available broadcast products and a single receiver.Collocated 5 Hz GPS and 200 Hz accelerometer data from the 2010 M_(W) 7.2 EI Mayor-Cucapaph earthquake were analyzed to verify the effectiveness of this method.Results reveal that this method can provide broadband and more accurate displacements qualified to avoid the baseline drifting caused by strong motion.Moreover,this method can effectively avoid the aliasing problem present in the 5-Hz GPS waveforms.We therefore conclude that this method can be a powerful tool to capture seismic waves in real time,which is crucial to tsunami early warning and earthquake rapid response.