NASA CSUN/JPL PAIR PROGRAM

 

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)

THEORY, DATA ANALYSIS, & MODELING

 

Dr. G. Simila                                                                               

Department of Geological Sciences

 

Dr. C. Shubin

Department of Mathematics

 

Grading

Homework 50%, Final Report 50%; Attendance Mandatory, No late assignments. A=90-100%, B=80-89%, C=70-79%, D=60-69%, F<60%

 

Schedule: Jan. 7 - 25, 2002 (12 days) / 10am-3pm (4 hours)

 

1/7       Mon. 10-12

            Introduction/ Preconceptions

            Plate Tectonics, Faulting, and Earthquakes

            GPS concepts (coordinate system, reference systems, lat. & long., map scales)

           

            1-3

            GPS Measurements and Time Series Analysis

            JPL/SCIGN web site Exercise

 

1/8       Tues. 10-12

            Introduction to Stress & Strain

GPS & Northridge Earthquake, GPS Data Analysis (EXCEL)

 

            1-3

            NASA Mission Mathematics (C. Shubin)

 

1/10     Thurs. 10 -12

            Earthquakes and Faulting

Double Couple EQ. Mechanism and Seismic Moment

           

            1-3

            Introduction to MATLAB

            Dr. Bavarian Lab visit ­ Stress/ Strain           

 

1/11     Fri. 10-12      

            EXCEL: Stress/ Strain Analysis

           

            1-3

            Elastic Crack Fault Models (C. Shubin)

            Okada ­ DISLOC

 

1/14     Mon. 10-3  (Dr. Ken Hurst, JPL)

            GPS Analysis

            GIPSY

           

1/15     Tues. 10-3       (W. Horn)

            MATLAB and Finite Element Modeling

 

1/17     Thurs. 10-3  

            Fault Modeling (DISLOC) and Tectonics

 

1/18     Fri. 10-3

            GPS Analysis and Modeling

           

1/21     Mon.  HOLIDAY (Martin Luther King)

 

1/22     Tues. 10-3

            Student Modeling

 

1/23     Wed. 10-3

            Student Modeling

 

1/24     Thurs. 10-3

            Student Projects

 

1/25     Fri. 10-3

            JPL Tour