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SANDWELL, DAVID

Professor of Geophysics

Degrees:

• B.S., University of Connecticut
• M.S., UCLA, Geophysics and Space Physics
• Ph.D., UCLA, Geophysics and Space Physics

Research Interests:

• Geodynamics
• Satellite Remote Sensing and Geodesy
• Charting the Remote Ocean Basins

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO 135: Satellite Remote Sensing
• SIO 234: Geodynamics
• SIO 236: Satellite Remote Sensing
• SIO 239: Special Topics in Geophysics
• SIO 87: Freshman Seminar
• SIO135: Satellite Remote Sensing
• SIO234: Geodynamics
• SIO236: Satellite Remote Sensing
• SIO239: Special Topics in Geophysics
• SIO87: Freshman Seminar

Honors and Awards:

• Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 1997
• George P. Woollard Award and Fellow of the Geological Society of America, 2004
• Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008

Mentoring:

• Becker, Joseph (Graduate; 2002-2008)
• Thomsen, Davis (Masters; 2001-2007)
• Konter, Bridget (Graduate; 1999-2005)
• Chen, Xi (Masters; 1997-1999)
• Lyons, Suzanne (Graduate; 1997-2002)
• Jayne, Richard (Masters; 1994-1997)
• Price, Evelyn (Graduate; 1993-1999)
• Smith, Walter (Post Doc; 1992-1995)
• Chen, John (Post Doc; 1991-1994)
• Levitt, Daniel (Graduate; 1990-1996)
• Johnson, Catherine (Graduate; 1989-1994)
• Small, Christopher (Graduate; 1989-1993)

Yale, M.M., D. T. Sandwell and A.T. Herring, What are the limitations of satellite altimetry?, The Leading Edge, 17, no. 1, p. 73-76, 1998.

Price, E. J. and D. T. Sandwell, Small-scale deformation associated with the Landers 1992 California earthquake mapped by InSAR Phase Gradient, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 27001-27016, 1998.

Sandwell, D. T. and E. J. Price, Phase gradient approach to stacking interferograms, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 30183-30204, 1998.

Yale, M. M., D. T. Sandwell, Stacked global satellite gravity profiles, Geophysics, 64, 1748-1755, 1999.

Sandwell, D. T., W.H.F. Smith, Bathymetric Estimation, in Satellite Altimetry and Earth Sciences, ed., L.L. Fu and A. Cazenave, Academic Press, 441-457, 2001.

Baer, G., D. Sandwell, S. Williams, and Y. Bock, Coseismic Deformation Associated with the November 1995, Mw=7.1 Nuweiba earthquake, Gulf of Elat (Aqaba), Detected by Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 25221-25232, 1999.

Gille, S. T., M. M. Yale and D. T. Sandwell, Global correlation of mesoscale ocean variability with seafloor roughness from satellite altimetry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, no.9, 1251-1254, 2000.

Lyons, S.N., D. T. Sandwell and W. H. F. Smith, Three-dimensional estimation of elastic thickness under the Lousiville Ridge, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 13239-13252, 2000.

Maia, M; Ackermand, D; Dehghani, GA; Gente, P; Hekinian, R; Naar, D; O'Connor, J; Perrot, K; Morgan, JP; Ramillien, G; Revillon, S; Sabetian, A; Sandwell, D; Stoffers, P. The Pacific-Antarctic Ridge-Foundation hotspot interaction a case study of a ridge approaching a hotspot, Mar. Geol., 167 61-84, 2000.

Sandwell, D. T., L. Sichoix, D. Agnew, Y. Bock, and J-B. Minster, Near-real-time radar interferometry of the Mw 7.1 Hector Mine Earthquake, Geophys. Res., Lett., 27, 3101-3104, 2000.

Sandwell, D.T. and L. Sichoix, Topographic phase recovery from stacked ERS interferometry and a low resolution digital elevation model, J. Geophys. Res., 105, B12, 28211-28222, 2000.

Baer, G., G. Shamir, D. Sandwell, and Y. Bock, Crustal deformation during 6 years spanning the Mw=7.2 1995 Nuweiba earthquake, analyzed by Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar, Isr. J. Earth. Scis., 50, 9-22, 2001.

Baer, G., U. Schattner, D. Wachs, D. Sandwell, S. Wdowinski, and S. Frydman, The lowest place on Earth is subsiding – An InSAR perspective, GSA Bulletin 114, 12-23, 2002.

Sandwell, D. T., Plate Tectonics: A Martian View, Chapter 18 in Plate tectonics: An insider's history of the modern theory of the Earth, ed. N. Oreskes and LeGrand, Westview Press, ISBN 0-8133-3981-2, 2001.

Watson, K., Y. Bock, and D. Sandwell, Satellite interferometric observations of displacement associated with seasonal ground water in the Los Angeles Basin, J. Geophys. Res., 107, B4, ETG8-1 – ETG8-12., 2002.

Sandwell, D. T., L. Sichoix, and B. Smith, The 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake, Southern California: Vector near-field displacements from ERS InSAR, Bull. Seismo. Soc. Am., 92, 1341-1354, 2002.

Jacobs, A., D. Sandwell, Y. Fialko, and L. Sichoix, The 1999 (Mw 7.1) Hector Mine earthquake: Near-field postseismic deformation from ERS Interferometry, Bull. Seismo. Soc. Am., 92, 1433-1442, 2002.

Mellors, R. J., L. Sichoix, and D. T. Sandwell, Constraints on precursory slip to the Hector Mine earthquake using INSAR, Bull. Seismo. Soc. Am., 92 2002.

Lyons, S. N., Y. Bock, and D. Sandwell, Creep along the Imperial fault, southern California, from GPS measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B10), 2249, doi:10.1029/2001JB000763, 2002.

Fialko, Y., D. Sandwell, D. Agnew, M. Simons, P. Shearer, and B. Minster, Deformation on Nearby Faults Induced by the 1999 hector Mine Earthquake, Science, 297, 1858-1862, 2002.

Lyons, S. and D. Sandwell, Fault creep along the southern San Andreas from InSAR, permanent scatterers, and stacking, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B1), 2047, doi:10.1029/ 2002JB001831, 2003.

Smith, B. and D. Sandwell, Coulomb Stress Accumulation Along the San Andreas Fault System, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B6), doi:10.1029/2002JB002136, 2003.

Smith, B. and D. Sandwell, Accuracy and Resolution of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (9), doi:10.1029/2002GL016643, 2003.

Sandwell, D., S. Gille, J. Orcutt, and W. Smith, Bathymetry from Space is Now Possible, Eos, Trans, AGU, Vol. 84, No. 5, 4 February 2003.

Kilb, D., C.S. Keen, R.L. Newman, G.M. Kent, D.T. Sandwell, F.L. Vernon, C.L. Johnson, J.A. Orcutt, "The Visualization Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Education & Outreach" Seis. Res. Lett. V. 74, no. 5, p. 641-648, 2003.

Sandwell, D. T., Y. Fialko, Warping and Cracking of the Pacific Plate by Thermal Contraction, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B10411, doi:10.1029/2004JB003091, 2004.

Sandwell, D., P. Rosen, W. Moore, and E. Gurrola, Radar interferometry for measuring tidal strains across cracks on Europa, J. Geophys. Res., 109, E11003, doi:10.1029/2004JE002276, 2004.

Smith, B., and D. Sandwell, A three-dimensional semianalytic viscoelastic model for time-dependent analyses of the earthquake cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B12401, doi:10.1029/2004JB003185, 2004.

Sandwell, D. and B. Smith, California Earthquakes, in: Our Changing Planet: The View from Space, editors, King, Partington and Williams, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Fialko, Y., D. Sandwell, M. Simons, and P. Rosen, Three-dimensional deformation caused by the Bam, Iran, earthquake and the origin of shallow slip deficit, Nature, 435, 19 May, 2005.

Sandwell, D. T., and W.H.F. Smith, Retracking ERS-1 Altimeter Waveforms for Optimal Gravity Field Recovery, Geophys. J. Int., 163, 79-89, 2005.

Smith, B., and D. T. Sandwell, A Model for the Earthquake Cycle Along the San Andreas Fault System for the Past 1000 Years, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B01405, 2006.

Luttrell, K., and D. Sandwell, Strength of the Lithosphere of the Galilean Moons, Icarus, 183, p. 159-167 2006.

Sandwell, D. T., D. Anderson, and P. Wessel, Global Tectonic Maps, in Foulger, G. L., Natland, J. H., Presnall, D. C. and Anderson, D. L., eds. Plates, Plumes & Paradigms: GSA Special Paper 388, p. 1-10, 2005.

Watts, A. B., D. T. Sandwell, W. H. F. SmitEffect of compliant fault zone on the inferred earthquake slip distribution, h, and P. Wessel, Global gravity, bathymetry, and the distribution of submarine volcanism through space and time, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B08408, 2006.

Wei, M. and D. Sandwell, Estimates of Ridge-Axis Heat Flow from Depth and Age Data, Tectonophysics, 417, p. 325-335, 2006.

Sandwell, D. T., Smith, W. H. F., S. Gille, S., Kappel E., Jayne S., Soofi K. , Coakley B., and L. Geli, Bathymetry from Space: Rationale and requirements for a new, high-resolution altimetric mission, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, 338, p. 1049-1062, 2006.

Wdowinski, S., B. Smith, Y. Bock, and D. Sandwell, Diffuse interseismic deformation across the Pacific-North American plate boundary, Geology, v. 35; no. 4; p. 311–314; doi: 10.1130/G22938A.1

Becker, J. J., D. T. Sandwell, Global Estimates Of Seafloor Slope From Single-Beam Ship Soundings, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C05028, doi:10.1029/2006JC003879 30 May 2008.

Luttrell, K., D. Sandwell, B. Smith-Konter, B. Bills, and Y. Bock, Modulation of the earthquake cycle at the southern San Andreas fault by lake loading, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B08411, doi:10.1029/2006JB004752, 2007.

Smith-Konter, B., D. T. Sandwell, Stress evolution of the San Andreas Fault System: recurrence interval versus locking depth, in review, January, 2008.

Barbot, S. Y. Fialko, and D. Sandwell, Effect of a compliant fault zone on the inferred earthquake slip distribution, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B06404, doi:10.1029/2007JB00525614 June 2008.

Sandwell, D. T., D. Myer, R. Mellors, M. Shimada, B. Brooks, and J. Foster, Accuracy and resolution of ALOS interferometry: Vector deformation maps of the Father's Day Intrusion at Kilauea, submitted to IEEE Trans. Geosciences and Remote Sensing, Revised, March, 2008.

Myer, D., D. Sandwell, B. Brooks, J. Foster, amd M. Shimada, Inflation along Kilauea's southwest rift zone in 2006, submitted to Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, January, 2008

Sandwell, D. T. Ocean Bathymetry and Plate Tectonics, in: Our Changing Planet: The View from Space, editors, King, M. D., C. L. Parkinson, K. C. Partington, and R. G. Williams, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Brooks, A. B., J. Foster, D. Sandwell, C. Wolfe, P. Okubo, M. Poland, and D. Myer, Magmatically Triggered Slow-Slip at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, Nature, 321, 2008. Barbot, S. Y. Fialko, and D. T. Sandwell, Three-dimensional models of elasto-static deformation in heterogeneous media: application to the East California Shear Zone, J. Geophys. Res., in review, 2008.

Sandwell, D. T., and W. H. F. Smith, Global marine gravity from retracked Geosat and ERS-1 altimetry: Ridge Segmentation versus spreading rate, J. Geophys. Res., in press, October, 2008

Wei, M., D. T. Sandwell and Y. Fialko, A Silent M4.8 Slip Event of October 3-6, 1 2006, on the Superstition Hills Fault, Southern California, submitted to J. Geophys. Res., August, 2008.

Becker, J. J., D. T. Sandwell, W. H. F. Smith, J. Braud, B. Binder, J. Depner, D. Fabre3, J. Factor, S. Ingalls, S-H. Kim, R. Ladner, K. Marks, S. Nelson, A. Pharaoh, G. Sharman, R. Trimmer, J. VonRosenburg, G. Wallace, P. Weatherall., Global Bathymetry and Elevation Data at 30 Arc Seconds Resolution: SRTM30_PLUS, submitted to Marine Geodesy, October 8, 2008.