David Sandwell

Professor/Researcher

Room: Revelle Lab 1104

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0225, USA.

Telephone: (858) 534-7109

Email: dsandwell@ucsd.edu

Website: http://topex.ucsd.edu/sandwell/sandwell.html

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Research Interests:

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

Courses Taught:

• ERTH135 (Satellite Remote Sensing)
• SIO135 (Satellite Remote Sensing)
• SIO234 (Geodynamics)
• SIO236 (Satellite Remote Sensing)
• SIO239 (Special Topics in Geophysics)
• SIO296 (Special Topics/Marine Biology)
• SIO299 (Research)
• SIO87 (Freshman Seminar)

Recent publications: ^†

• 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.
• Yale, M. M., D. T. Sandwell, Stacked global satellite gravity profiles, Geophysics, 64, 1748-1755, 1999.
• 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.
• Wei, M. and D. Sandwell, Estimates of Ridge-Axis Heat Flow from Depth and Age Data, Tectonophysics, 417, p. 325-335, 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
• 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.
• 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.
• Smith-Konter, B., D. T. Sandwell, Stress evolution of the San Andreas Fault System: recurrence interval versus locking depth, in review, January, 2008.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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., 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• Sandwell, D. T. and E. J. Price, Phase gradient approach to stacking interferograms, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 30183-30204, 1998.
• Sandwell, D. and B. Smith, California Earthquakes, in: Our Changing Planet: The View from Space, editors, King, Partington and Williams, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Luttrell, K., and D. Sandwell, Strength of the Lithosphere of the Galilean Moons, Icarus, 183, p. 159-167 2006.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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., 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.