Victor C. Tsai
spacer Victor Tsai

email: vtsai[at]post.harvard.edu
address:   U.S. Geological Survey
                MS 966, Box 25046, DFC
                   Denver, CO 80225
phone: office: x8558 (at the NEIC)

Where Am I Now?

I have moved to the Seismological Laboratory at Caltech!
My webpage is now: www.gps.caltech.edu/~tsai. Please update your links!


Mendenhall postdoc on the Geologic Hazards Team at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
---> EPS) at Harvard University
--> Education
Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geophysics), Harvard University, 2009
M.A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2006
B.S., Geophysics with Honors, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 2004

CV (updated January 2008)

--> Advisors (Current and Past): Dan McNamara, Jim Rice, Adam Dziewonski, John Wettlaufer, Goran Ekstrom, David Stevenson, Hiroo Kanamori

Academic Interests
I am interested in many different aspects of solid earth geophysics, including but not limited to: earthquakes, glaciers, seismic imaging techniques, solid earth/atmosphere interactions, melting processes, earth structure, mantle convection, and planetary formation/processes. My major focus right now is on understanding noise correlation measurements, short-timescale glacier physics and microseism generation although I am working on a number of other projects as well. For more details about individual projects, click on the links below:

Publications:
  1. Tsai, V. C. (2011). "Understanding the Amplitudes of Noise Correlation Measurements",
    J. Geophys. Res., accepted and in press (June 22, 2011). Preprint

  2. Tsai, V. C. (2011). "A Model for Seasonal Changes in GPS Positions and Seismic Wave Speeds due to Thermoelastic and Hydrologic Variations",
    J. Geophys. Res., 116, B04404, doi:10.1029/2010JB008156 published (April 19, 2011). PDF

  3. Love, J. J., V. C. Tsai, and J. L. Gannon (2010). "Averaging and sampling for magnetic-observatory hourly data",
    Ann. Geophys., 28, 2079-2096, doi:10.5194/angeo-28-2079-2010. PDF

  4. Tsai, V. C., and J. R. Rice (2010). "A Model for Turbulent Hydraulic Fracture and Application to Crack Propagation at Glacier Beds",
    J. Geophys. Res., 115, F03007, doi:10.1029/2009JF001474. PDF

  5. Tsai, V. C. (2010). "The Relationship Between Noise Correlation and the Green's Function in the Presence of Degeneracy and the Absence of Equipartition",
    Geophys. J. Int., 182, 1509-1514, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04693.x. PDF

  6. Tsai, V. C., and M. P. Moschetti (2010). "An Explicit Relationship Between Time-Domain Noise Correlation and Spatial Autocorrelation (SPAC) Results",
    Geophys. J. Int., 182, 454-460, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04633.x. PDF

  7. Tsai, V. C. (2009). "The Use of Simple Physical Models in Seismology and Glaciology",
    Harvard University, Ph.D. Thesis, advised by J. R. Rice. PDF

  8. Tsai, V. C. (2009). "On Establishing the Accuracy of Noise Tomography Travel-Time Measurements in a Realistic Medium",
    Geophys. J. Int., 178, 1555-1564, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04239.x. PDF

  9. Tsai, V. C., J. R. Rice, and M. Fahnestock (2008). "Possible Mechanisms for Glacial Earthquakes",
    J. Geophys. Res., 113, F03014, doi:10.1029/2007JF000944. PDF

  10. Joughin, I., I. Howat, R. B. Alley, G. Ekstrom, M. Fahnestock, T. Moon, M. Nettles, M. Truffer, and V. C. Tsai (2008).
    "Ice-front variation and tidewater behavior on Helheim and Kangerdlugssuaq Glaciers, Greenland",
    J. Geophys. Res., 113, F01004, doi:10.1029/2007JF000837. PDF

  11. Tsai, V. C. and J. S. Wettlaufer (2007). "The Formation of Lake Stars",
    Physical Rev. E, 75, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.75.066105. PDF

  12. Tsai, V. C. and D. J. Stevenson (2007). "Theoretical Constraints on True Polar Wander",
    J. Geophys. Res., 112, B05415, doi:10.1029/2005JB003923. PDF

  13. Tsai, V. C. and G. Ekstrm (2007). "Analysis of Glacial Earthquakes",
    J. Geophys. Res., 112, F03S22, doi:10.1029/2006JF000596. PDF

  14. Ekstrm, G., M. Nettles, and V. C. Tsai (2006). "Seasonality and Increasing Frequency of Greenland Glacial Earthquakes",
    Science, 311, 5768, 1756-1758, doi:10.1126/science.1122112. PDF

  15. Tsai, V. C., M. Nettles, G. Ekstrm, and A. M. Dziewonski (2005). "Multiple CMT source analysis of the 2004 Sumatra earthquake",
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 (17), L17304, doi:10.1029/2005GL023398. PDF

  16. Tsai, V. C., H. Kanamori, and J. Artru (2004). "The morning glory wave of southern California",
    J. Geophys. Res.-Solid Earth, 109 (B2), B02307, doi:10.1029/2003JB002596. PDF

  17. Tsai, V. C., A. Weinstein, and D. Ugolini (2001). "LIGO Physical Environment Monitoring at the 40-meter Prototype",
    LIGO document T010161-00-R.


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