Daniel Peter

Position

Postdoctoral research associate

Address

Department of Geosciences
318 Guyot Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
USA

Phone

+1 (609) 258 5031

E-Mail

Internet

http://www.princeton.edu/~dpeter

Research interests

In global tomography, one challenging way to achieve high-resolution images of the Earth's interior is in elaborating more accurate theories. A promising approach seems to be Born theory, a single scattering theory, which becomes most important for seismic surface waves.

Main focus of my work is on the propagation of surface waves, such as Rayleigh or Love waves at periods between 35 s and 150 s, and their scattering sensitivity. To gain a computation speed-up, reduction to two-dimensions can be done by the surface membrane wave method (Tanimoto, 1990; Tape, 2003). Basically, it is wave propagation on a spherical membrane. You will find some more detailed informations about how to deal with this nice issue on my home page.

The SPICE Contribution to Career Development

Ph.D. position, education in seismic forward and inverse problems, networking with other scientists, collaborations with University of Oxford and IPG Paris, exchange and visiting stays in Oxford and Paris, SPICE workshops at different locations, EGU and AGU special sessions and meetings, discussions with renowned international scientists.