Publications
Submitted & in preparation
Nissen-Meyer, T., Fournier, A., 2014. Time-frequency sensitivity for global tomography, to be submitted to Geoph. J. Int.
Ampuero,
J.-P., Nissen-Meyer, T., 2014. Dispersion, cost optimization, and
symplectic time integration in spectral-element based wave propagation,
to be submitted to Geoph. J. Int.
Published and accepted (peer-reviewed) papers
M. van Driel, T. Nissen-Meyer, 2014.
Seismic Wave Propagation in Fully Anisotropic Axisymmetric Media
, Geoph. J. Int. doi:10.1093/gji/ggu269.
M. van Driel, T. Nissen-Meyer, 2014.
Optimized visco-elastic wave propagation for weakly dissipative media
, in print, Geoph.
J. Int
Nissen-Meyer, T., van Driel, M., Stähler, S. C., Hosseini, K., Hempel, S., Auer, L., Colombi, A., and Fournier, A., 2014. AxiSEM: broadband 3-D seismic wavefields in axisymmetric media, Solid Earth, 5, 425-445, doi:10.5194/se-5-425-2014, 2014.
Colombi, Nissen-Meyer, Boschi, Giardini, 2014. Seismic waveform inversion for core–mantle boundary topography. Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu112.
Galvez, P., Ampuero, J.-P., Dalguer, L. Somala S., Nissen-Meyer T., 2014. Dynamic earthquake rupture modeled with an unstructured 3D spectral element method applied to the 2011 M9 Tohoku earthquake, Geoph. J. Int.
Auer, L., Boschi , L., Becker, T. W., Nissen-Meyer, T. and Giardini, D.: Savani: a variable-resolution whole-mantle model of anisotropic shear-velocity variations based on multiple datasets. J. Geophys. Res., 119, 3006-3034, doi:10.1002/2013JB010773, 2014.
Bharadwaj, Nissen-Meyer, Mai, Schuster, 2013. Enhancing core-diffracted arrivals by Supervirtual Interferometry, Geoph. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt452.
Basini, Nissen-Meyer, Boschi, Verbeke, Giardini, 2013. The influence of non-uniform ambient noise on crustal tomography in Europe, G-cubed, doi:10.1002/ggge.20081.
Stähler, Sigloch, Nissen-Meyer, 2012. Triplicated P-wave measurements for waveform tomography of the mantle transition zone, Solid Earth, 3(2), 339–354.
Rietmann, Messmer, Nissen-Meyer et al., 2012. Forward and adjoint simulations of seismic wave propagation on emerging large-scale GPU architectures, In Proceedings of 2012 International Conference for High Performance Computing - SC '12, Salt Lake City, USA.
Colombi, Nissen-Meyer, Boschi, Giardini, 2012. Seismic sensitivity to global boundary topography, Geoph. J. Int., doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05660.x.
van Driel, M., Wassermann, J., Nader, M. F., Schuberth, B., Igel, H., 2012. Strain Rotation Coupling and its Implications on the Measurement of Rotational Ground Motions, J. Seismology., Doi: 10.1007/s10950-012-9296-5.
O'Brien,
G. S., Nissen-Meyer, T., Bean, C., 2012. A Lattice Boltzmann Method for Elastic Wave Propagation in a Poisson Solid, 102, 3, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., doi: 10.1785/0120110191
D. Peter,
D. Komatitsch,
Y. Luo,
R. Martin,
N. Le Goff,
E. Casarotti,
P. Le Loher,
F. Magnoni,
Q. Liu,
C. Blitz,
T. Nissen-Meyer,
P. Basini,
J. Tromp, 2011.
Forward and adjoint simulations of seismic wave propagation on fully unstructured hexahedral meshes,
Geophysical Journal International, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05044.x
Zhu, H., Luo, Y., Nissen-Meyer, T., Morency, C., Tromp, J., 2009. Elastic Imaging and Time-Lapse
Migration Based Upon Adjoint Methods. Geophysics, 74, WCA167-WCA177.
Luo, Y., Zhu, H., Nissen-Meyer, T., Morency, C., and Tromp, J., 2009.
Seismic modeling and imaging based upon spectral-element and adjoint methods,
The Leading Edge, May 2009, 260-265.
Nissen-Meyer,T.,
Fournier, A., Dahlen, F. A., 2008. A 2-D spectral-element method for
computing spherical-earth seismograms--II. Waves in solid-fluid media.
Geophys. J. Int., Vol. 174, issue 3, pp. 873-888.
Nissen-Meyer,
T.,
Fournier, A., Dahlen, F. A., 2007. A 2-D spectral-element method for
computing spherical-earth seismograms--I. Moment-tensor source,
Geophys. J. Int., Vol. 168, issue 3, pp. 1067-1093. (Download
as pdf)
Nissen-Meyer,
T., Dahlen, F. A., Fournier, A., 2007. Spherical-earth
Fréchet sensitivity kernels, Geophys. J. Int., Vol. 168, 3, pp.
1051-1066. (Download
as pdf)
Igel,
H.,
Brietzke, G., Ewald, M., Fohrmann, M., Jahnke, G., Nissen-Meyer, T.
, Ripperger, J., Strasser, M., Treml, M., Wang, G., 2002. 3-D Seismic
Wave Propagation on a Global and Regional Scale: Earthquakes, Fault
Zones, Volcanoes. Springer Verlag, in "High Performance Computing in
Science and Engineering 2002 Transactions of the First Joint HLRB and
KONWIHR Result and Reviewing Workshop, October 10th and 11th, 2002",
Technical University of Munich (Springer).
Igel, H., Nissen-Meyer, T., Jahnke, G., 2002. Wave propagation
in 3-D
spherical sections: Effects of subduction zones. Phys. Earth Planet.
Inter.,
132, pp. 219-234. (Download
as pdf)
Theses
Andrea Colombi, 2013. Numerical seismology across the scale: from experimental acoustics to the core-mantle boundary, Ph.D. thesis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Silvia Salas Romero, 2012. Modeling realistic ground shaking upon the Christchurch M6.3 earthquake. M.Sc. thesis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Andrea Tesoniero, 2011. 3D elastic focusing effects in the Los Angeles Basin upon the Northridge earthquake. M.Sc. thesis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Tarje Nissen-Meyer, 2007. Full-wave seismic sensitivity in a spherical earth, Ph.D.
thesis, Princeton University, Princeton, USA.
Tarje Nissen-Meyer, 2001. Numerical Simulation of Seismic
Wave Propagation through Subduction Zones, Diplom thesis,
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany.
Abstracts, conferences, Miscellaneous (incomplete list)
Nissen-Meyer, T., A. Fournier, P. M. Mai, F. Haslinger, D. Giardini, 2011. Real-time global seismic wave propagation and non-linear inversion for source and structure, Abstract T4-O7, CTBT Science and Technology Conference 2011, Vienna, Austria.
Nissen-Meyer, T., A. Fournier, 2011. Frechet kernel sensitivity, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 13, EGU2011-12797-1, 2011 EGU General Assembly 2011.
P. Basini, T. Nissen-Meyer, L. Boschi, J. Verbeke, O. Schenk, D. Giardini , 2011. Ambient-noise tomography of the European lithosphere: numerical calculation of sensitivity kernels for nonuniform noise-source distributions, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 13, EGU2011-11554, 2011 EGU General Assembly 2011.
S. K. Hosseini zad, K. Sigloch, S. Stahler, T. Nissen-Meyer, 2011. "No Data Left Behind" - Efficient waveform processing for global finite-frequency tomography, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 13, EGU2011-11227-2, 2011 EGU General Assembly 2011.
Nissen-Meyer, T., Fournier A., 2010. Tomographic data selection as wave-based optimization problem, Abstract S31A-2013 , 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco.
Jensen, K.J., Thorne, M., Rost, S., Nissen-Meyer, T., 2010. Constraining physical properties of ultra-low velocity zones using multiple seismic phases, Abstract DI51B-1869, 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco.
P. Basini, T. Nissen-Meyer, L. Boschi, O. Schenk, J. Verbeke, Hanasoge, S., D. Giardini , 2010. Towards Multi-resolution Adjoint Tomography of the European Crust and Upper Mantle, Abstract S31A-2005, 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco.
Beucler, E., Capdeville, Y., Fournier, A., Nissen-Meyer, T., 2010. Impact of deep mantle structural heterogeneities on core-diffracted traveltimes: constraints on full-wave Born sensitivity kernel tomography, Abstract S31A-2007, 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco.
Nissen-Meyer, T., Sigloch K., Fournier A., 2010. High-resolution global tomography: A full-wave technique for forward and inverse modeling, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 12, EGU2010-7948, 2010 EGU General Assembly 2010.
Foundotos, M., Nolet, G., Nissen-Meyer, T., 2009. Observability of multiply reflected P waves, Eos Trans.
AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet, Suppl., S41B-1910.
Zhu, H., Nissen-Meyer, T., Luo, Y., Morency, C., Peter, D., Tromp, J., 2009. Spectral-element simulations of
the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., S43B-1982.
Luo, Y., Morency, C., Zhu, H., Nissen-Meyer, T., Tromp, J., 2009. Controlled Source 4D Seismic Imaging
Based Upon Adjoint Method, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet, Suppl., S21A-1684.
Luo, Y., Nissen-Meyer, T., Tape, C., Zhu, H., Morency, C., Tromp, J., 2009. Mapping the earth's interior.
National Science Foundation Open House for Congress members, Washington, DC.
Casarotti, E., Magnoni, F., Le Goff, N., Martin, R., Komatitsch, D., Plesch, A., Nissen-Meyer, T., Luo, Y., Tromp, J., 2008.
Mesh Generation for Short-Period Seismic Wave Propagation Based Upon the Spectral- Element Method: Southern California, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53),
Fall Meet. Suppl., S23A-1875.
Nissen-Meyer, T., Luo, Y., Morency, C., Tromp, J., 2008. Spectral-element simulations of wave propagation
in complex exploration-industry models: Mesh generation and forward simulations, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53),
Fall Meet. Suppl., S11C-1777.
Luo, Y., Nissen-Meyer, T., Morency, C., Tromp, J., 2008. Spectral-element simulations of wave propagation
in complex exploration-industry models: Imaging and adjoint tomography, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall
Meet. Suppl., S11C-1778.
Nissen-Meyer,
T., Fournier, A., Dahlen, F. A., 2006. Spectral-element based
seismograms as a basis for diffracted-phase tomography, SEDI meeting
Prague, Czech Republic.
Nissen-Meyer,
T., Fournier, A., Dahlen, F. A., 2005.
3-D Global Seismic Wavefields Computed Using 2-D Spectral-Elements: A
Basis for Exact Sensitivity Kernels,
Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S13A-0187.
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as pdf)
Nissen-Meyer,
T., Fournier, A., Dahlen, F. A., 2004.
Towards Computing Full 3D Seismic Sensitivity: The Axisymmetric
Spectral Element Method,
Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S31B-1039.
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as pdf)
Nissen-Meyer,
T., Fournier, A., Dahlen, F. A., 2004.
The Axisymmetric Spectral Element Method for Elastic Wave Propagation,
Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract S51A-04.
Treml, M., Goes, S., Jahnke, G., Nissen-Meyer, T., Igel, H.,
2003. Synthetic Seismic Wave Propagation through thermal Mantle Plumes,
EGS-AGU-EGU General Assembly, Nice, France.
Treml, M., Jahnke, G.,Nissen-Meyer, T. , Igel, H., Garnero, E.,
2003. A Hybrid Finite-Difference Method for Global Wave Propagation,
DGG Annual Meeting, Jena, Germany.
Jahnke,
G., Nissen-Meyer, T. , Treml, M., Igel, H., 2002. High
resolution global wave propagation for axisymmetric and additional 3D
geometries. EGS 27th General Assembly 2002, Nice, France.
Nissen-Meyer,
T., Igel, H., 2002. 3D modeling of anisotropic wave propagation in
spherical geometry. Presented at 10th International Workshop on Seismic
Anisotropy, Tutzing, Germany.
Nissen-Meyer,
T., Brietzke, G., Igel, H., 2001. Numerische Simulationen von
Wellenausbreitung in seismisch aktiven Zonen. KONWIHR Quartl, Vol. 31,
3/2001.
(Download
the (German-language) Quartl edition as pdf)
Nissen-Meyer,
T., Igel, H., 2001. 3D wave effects of sources inside subduction
zones. Eos Trans. AGU, 82 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T41C-0903.
(Download
as pdf)
Nissen-Meyer,
T., Igel, H., 2001. Numerical Modeling of 3-D Wave Propagation at
Subduction Zones. DGG Annual Meeting, Frankfurt, Germany.
Strasser,
M., Nissen-Meyer, T., Igel, H., 2001. Numerical 3D Modelling of
Wave Effects from Upper Mantle Structures. Geophysical Research
Abstracts, Vol. 3, 2001, SE1.02 (SE004), EGS 26th General Assembly,
Nice, France.
Nissen-Meyer,
T., Strasser, M., Igel, H., Bunge, P., 2000. Towards Modelling 3-D
Wave Effects of Plumes and Subduction Zones. Eos Trans. AGU, 81 (48),
Fall
Meet. Suppl., Abstract S62A-02, 2000