Study TOMAS Cyclone Using Seismic Array and Single Station

Abstract

The continuous data from the YL array and four AU stations during the lifetime of the cyclone TOMAS in March 2010 were downloaded from IRIS. By performing frequency-wave number (F-K) analysis on the array data, it was found that the orientation of the maximum energy of the secondary microseisms (0.1~0.5 Hz) was consistent with the movement of TOMAS when the central wind speed reached the typhoon level. The high wind speed of the cyclone could generate secondary microseisms as well as the high swell. However, the large global earthquake can affect the microseismic observations using F-K. The AU stations have a better microseism observation than the YL array, which might be due to the vibrating and tilting of the hydrophone caused by the turbulence. The F-K analysis on microseisms can produce better slowness and back azimuth observations than polarization.

Keywords

• pacific
• F-K analysis
• secondary microseism
• polarization analysis