Work work work and what about that USA vs. Slovenia game?!?!?!?!

June 18th, 2010

This week has been a busy week of forward modeling.  After lots of reading on surface waves, particularly love waves, I was finally able to get to work on my summer project.  Gabi and I decided that instead of looking at microseisms from the PLUME data, I would investigate love wave tomography with the same data set.  Tomography is more compatible with my interests and seems like a better and less complicated starting point for a beginning seismologist   Analysis of the vertical components from the PLUME deployment has been completed so the Love wave analysis will HOPEFULLY provide more images to compliment or inhance the existing models.  After finishing my last forward model yesterday looking at variations in shear velocity at depth intervals, Gabi seemed a little apprehensive about starting the inverse modeling.  It's looking like the data might be difficult.  Either way, I'm excited to start some preliminary inverse modeling next week!  

As for my goals for the summer, it seems like we're taking one week at a time.  My personal goal for the summer is to complete all of my modeling by the end of July so I can use August to work on my AGU poster and abstract.  Throughout the summer I'm compiling a scientific journal of all of my figures and models along with introductions, analysis and commentary so by the end of July I should have a TON of material to use for my abstract.  Although the journal is tedious I really think it is going to pay off.  Plus I've found that writing everything down helps me understand it better!

AND as for the my free time, WHO ELSE THINKS THE REF IN THE SLOVENIA GAME NEEDS GLASSES?!?!?!?!?!?  Seriously, I'm fuming.  Just saying, should have been 3-2 USA.