We provide an introduction to the use of the spectral-elementmethod (SEM)in seismology. Following a brief review of the basic equations that govern seismicwave propagation, we discuss in some detail how these equation...We provide an introduction to the use of the spectral-elementmethod (SEM)in seismology. Following a brief review of the basic equations that govern seismicwave propagation, we discuss in some detail how these equations may be solved numericallybased upon the SEM to address the forward problem in seismology. Examplesof synthetic seismograms calculated based upon the SEM are compared to datarecorded by the Global Seismographic Network. Finally, we discuss the challenge ofusing the remaining differences between the data and the synthetic seismograms toconstrain better Earth models and source descriptions. This leads naturally to adjointmethods, which provide a practical approach to this formidable computational challengeand enables seismologists to tackle the inverse problem.展开更多
基金Broadband data were obtained from the IRIS Data Management Center.
文摘We provide an introduction to the use of the spectral-elementmethod (SEM)in seismology. Following a brief review of the basic equations that govern seismicwave propagation, we discuss in some detail how these equations may be solved numericallybased upon the SEM to address the forward problem in seismology. Examplesof synthetic seismograms calculated based upon the SEM are compared to datarecorded by the Global Seismographic Network. Finally, we discuss the challenge ofusing the remaining differences between the data and the synthetic seismograms toconstrain better Earth models and source descriptions. This leads naturally to adjointmethods, which provide a practical approach to this formidable computational challengeand enables seismologists to tackle the inverse problem.
