Title:
Geodetic Time Series Analysis - Modelling & Applications
Abstract :
Recent discoveries in Earth Sciences cannot be intrinsically separated
from the vast amount of data recorded from satellites and ground-based
missions. However, a careful processing of those data is necessary to
avoid introducing biases within models, which can lead to the
misinterpretation of geophysical phenomena with disastrous consequences
on local community (i.e. landslides, sea-level rise). Thus, this talk is
a general introduction on the analysis of geodetic time series from
mainly the Global Positioning System (GPS) (or Global Navigation
Satellite System -GNSS). GPS is an important tool to observe and model
geodynamic processes such as plate tectonics and post-glacial rebound.
In the last three decades, GPS has seen tremendous advances in the
precision of the measurements, which allow researchers to study
geophysical signals
through a careful analysis of daily time series of GPS receiver
coordinates. However, the GPS observations contain errors and the time
series can be described as the sum of a real signal and noise. The signal
itself can again be divided into station displacements due to
geophysical causes and to disturbing factors. The talk also includes
some examples in geosciences (i.e. Earthquake , sea-level rise).
Speaker
Jean Philippe Montillet, researcher at EPFL
Location
Idsia's Meeting Room
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