Jian Zhang
Postdoc Scholar
Marine Physical Lab - M/C 0238
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0238
Tel: (858) 822-4095
Fax: (858) 534-7641
Education
Ph.D. - Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, 2007
M.S. - Geophysics, Peking University, 2001
Double B.S. - Geophysics & Economics, Peking University, 1998
Research Interests
Seismic noise; Seismic interferometry; Earth's inner core; Correlated earthquakes
Publication
* Zhang, J., P. Gerstoft, and P. M. Shearer (2009), "High-frequency P-wave seismic noise driven by ocean winds", Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L09302, doi:10.1029/2009GL037761. (PDF)
* Gerstoft, P., P. M. Shearer, N. Harmon, and J. Zhang (2008), "Global P, PP, and PKP wave microseisms observed from distant storms", Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L23306, doi:10.1029/2008GL036111. (PDF) (movie Feb 2006) (movie June 2006)
* Zhang, J., P. G. Richards, and D. P. Schaff (2008), "Wide-scale detection of earthquake waveform doublets and further evidence for inner core super-rotation", Geophys. J. Int., 174, 993-1006, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03856.x. (PDF) (Appendix)
* Zhang, J. (2007), "Precision-seismology studies of inner core rotation and seismotectonics using correlated earthquake signals", Ph.D. thesis, Columbia University. (e-mail me for a PDF copy)
* Zhang, J., X. Song, Y. Li, P. G. Richards, X. Sun, and F. Waldhauser (2005), "Inner core differential motion confirmed by earthquake waveform doublets", Science, 309, 1357-1360. (PDF) (Supporting Online Materials)
* Cao, J., Z. Ge, J. Zhang, and X. Chen (2004), "A comparative study on seismic wave methods for multi-layered media with irregular interfaces: irregular topography problem", Chinese J. Geophys., 47(3), 495-503. (PDF)
* Zhang, J., H. Zhang, and X. Chen (2002), "Characteristics of head wave in multi-layered half-space", Acta Seismologica Sinica, 15(6), 585-594. (PDF)