Current SOPAC Research Topics

Besides our operational and archive functions, the SOPAC group is involved in a variety of research projects as outlined below. Our current research funding comes from NASA, NSF, NOAA/NOS/NGS and Caltrans.

Crustal Motion Monitoring - GNSS&InSAR (more here)

• Overview
• NASA MEaSUREs Extended Solid Earth Science ESDR System
• Crustal motion and strain rate fields
• GNSS/InSAR integration
• Early postseismic deformation
• Coseismic deformation
• GPS Explorer
• References

Seismogeodesy (more here)

• Overview
• Kalman filter for GNSS and seismic data
• References

Geodetic Module and MEMS Packages (more here)

• Seismogeodetic monitoring overview
• System overview
• Connector panel configuration
• Connecting to a GNSS Receiver
• Verifying operation
• SIO MEMS Accelerometer Package
• SIO MEMS Meteorological Package
• Real-Time streaming formats
• SOPAC seismogeodetic data flow

Local Tsunami Warning and Modeling (more here)

• Overview
• NASA/NOAA Tsunami Warning Project
  • GWORM system
  • SOPAC system
  • Flow chart of modules
• Tsunami Modeling
• References

Earthquake Early Warning and Rapid Response (more here)

• Overview
• 2011 Mw7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake
• 2017 Mw5.3 Borrego Springs earthquake
• ~Mw4-5 earthquakes in southern and northern California
• Network Optimization
• References

Structural Monitoring (more here)

• Overview
• UC San Diego Geisel Library Project
• Mexicali Project
• Shake Table Experiments
• References

Cryosphere (more here)

• Overview
• GNSS monitoring of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
• References

Geodetic Datums (more here)

• Overview
• Epoch 2017.50 datum
• Kinematic datum
  • Horizontal
  • Vertical
• References

Earthquake Magnitude Scaling Relationships

• Overview
• 2011 Mw7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake
• 2017 Mw5.3 Borrego Springs earthquake
• ~Mw4-5 earthquakes in southern and northern California
• Network Optimization
• References