Data Services Products: EMC-SEMum A high-resolution global model of upper mantle structure

Summary

SEMum is a radially anisotropic shear velocity model, parametrized in terms of isotropic S velocity (Voigt average) and the anisotropic parameter, xi (V sh 2 /V sv 2 ). The Vs (xi) model is parametrized in terms of 2562 (642) spherical splines laterally, and 16 irregularly spaced cubic b-splines radially.

Description

Name SEMum
Title A high-resolution global shear velocity model of upper mantle
Type 3-D full-waveform Earth Model
Sub Type A radially anisotropic shear velocity model
Year 2011
Short Description   SEMum is a radially anisotropic shear velocity model, parametrized in terms of isotropic S velocity (Voigt average) and the anisotropic parameter, xi (V sh 2 /V sv 2) based on a 1-D reference model (see Reference Model below) .
Authors:  
Ved Lekic
Department of Geology
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Barbara Romanowicz
Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
Previous Model
Reference Model A smooth, modified version of PREM , with the Q structure of QL6 (Durek and Ekstrom, 1996) that fits normal mode frequencies (see Lekic & Romanowicz, 2011 for more information)
 
Model Download
SEMUM original files and scripts: https://seismo.berkeley.edu/~barbara/SEMum_dist.tar.gz

SEMUM model expressed as velocity perturbation relative to the reference model:
SEMUM_percent.nc (see metadata ), is the netCDF file for the model
SEMUM model expressed in km/s:
SEMUM_kmps.nc (see metadata ), is the netCDF file for the model
 
Model Homepage https://seismo.berkeley.edu/~barbara/SEMum.html
Depth Coverage Whole Mantle (80 to 2850 km)
Area Global (-90°/90°, 0°/360°)
 
Data Set Description Dataset includes minor- and major-arc fundamental mode and overtone wavepackets from 200 earthquakes recorded at more than 100 broadband stations around the globe. In order to minimize the contamination from source complexity, all earthquakes have moment magnitude <7.0 (moment tensors and centroid locations are from the Harvard Centroid Moment Tensor Project).

SEMum horizontal slices
Figure, Lekic and Romanowicz (2011): maps of the Voigt average shear wave speed variations in Africa and surrounding oceans with respect to the average velocity at each depth. Note that the limits of colour scales change with depth and that the colours saturate in certain regions.

Citations and DOIs

To cite the original work behind this Earth model:

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:

References

  • Durek, J.J. and Ekstrom, G. 1996. “A radial model of anelasticity consistent with long period surface wave attenuation.” Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 86:144-158.

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Model provided by Ved Lekic

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2013-09-06
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