Seismology

Rotational seismology in short

EGU Seismology ECS Team December 23, 2023

DALL-E: Image featuring a gyroscope and Christmas ornaments.

Always wanted to know the basics of rotational seismology? Follow us into this short blogpost written by our ECS team member Andreas Brotzer. Let’s spin it … or rather rotate it. Most of us enjoy a good spin on a carousel or rollercoaster. Well, we are actually doing this permanently since we live on a rotating planet! Lucky enough, we don’t feel it very much because the rate of rotation is ...[Read More]

Seismic Denoising meets Generative Image Models

Alex Saoulis December 18, 2023

'Santa Claus Looking at a Seismic Trace on a Monitor' created by DALL-E 3

What’s the connection between novel generative image models and seismic denoising? Daniele Trappolini from Sapienza Università di Roma has led an effort to utilise these exciting techniques for seismological applications. This blog post will give a beginner-friendly introduction to generative modelling and ‘diffusion’ models, before explaining how Daniele and his group have been ...[Read More]

What is Distributed Acoustic Sensing?

EGU Seismology ECS Team December 2, 2023

OpenAI - DALL E illustration

In this blog we give a succinct introduction to Distributed Acoustic Sensing for the starting seismologist, or the interested reader. The blog is by no means a complete overview and serves as a starting point for you to understand DAS and get started with the data. It was written by SM ECS members Ana Nap and Katinka Tuinstra. By now, Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) is a pretty widely kn ...[Read More]

State of the ECS: wrapping up 2023!

EGU Seismology ECS Team December 1, 2023

We are glad to open our seismology advent calendar with this blog! Welcome to the State of the ECS, where our ECS members reflect on the year. Hello! Katinka here, writing from a snowy Zürich. Days are shorter, many layers of clothes are needed, and the last scientific effort before Christmas is being pushed for, because 2023 is ending! We as ECS have had a wonderful year, and I’m so ...[Read More]