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Aitaro Kato is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their work primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Geophysics, where they have contributed extensively. Their research also intersects with Artificial Intelligence, Civil and Structural Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Ocean Engineering at smaller scales.

Their scientific output includes over a hundred publications, exploring various aspects of earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic wave analysis, and geophysical methods. The main topics covered in their research include earthquake and tectonic studies, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, Seismology and Earthquake Studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Seismic Waves and Analysis, and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques.

Kato has published multiple papers in notable scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Earth Planets and Space
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Significant recent papers include:

  • The generation of large earthquakes, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Implications of Fault-Valve Behavior From Immediate Aftershocks Following the 2023 Mj6.5 Earthquake Beneath the Noto Peninsula, Central Japan, 2023, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Detection of deep low-frequency earthquakes in the Nankai subduction zone over 11 years using a matched filter technique, 2020, Earth Planets and Space

Other relevant works, although not as directly attributed, include papers addressing detailed spatial slip distributions and the application of convolutional neural networks for earthquake detection, illustrating interdisciplinary approaches involving Artificial Intelligence.

Kato frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Shin'ichi Sakai
  • Satoshi Matsumoto
  • Yoshihisa Iio
  • Shigeki Nakagawa
  • Takahiro Shiina

Their research contributions cover a broad range of seismic and geophysical topics, with an emphasis on practical and theoretical approaches to understanding earthquake processes and detection methods, including advanced computational techniques.

Best Publications

  • Propagation of slow slip leading up to the 2011 M(w) 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake.

    Aitaro Kato;Kazushige Obara;Toshihiro Igarashi;Hiroshi Tsuruoka

  • Connecting slow earthquakes to huge earthquakes

    Kazushige Obara;Aitaro Kato

  • High Pore Fluid Pressure May Cause Silent Slip in the Nankai Trough

    Shuichi Kodaira;Takashi Iidaka;Aitaro Kato;Jin-Oh Park

  • Variations of fluid pressure within the subducting oceanic crust and slow earthquakes

    Aitaro Kato;Takashi Iidaka;Ryoya Ikuta;Yasuhiro Yoshida

  • A normal-faulting seismic sequence triggered by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake: Wholesale stress regime changes in the upper plate

    Aitaro Kato;Shin’ichi Sakai;Kazushige Obara

  • Multiple slow‐slip events during a foreshock sequence of the 2014 Iquique, Chile Mw 8.1 earthquake

    Aitaro Kato;Aitaro Kato;Shigeki Nakagawa

  • The generation of large earthquakes

    Aitaro Kato;Yehuda Ben-Zion

  • Preparatory and precursory processes leading up to the 2014 phreatic eruption of Mount Ontake, Japan

    Aitaro Kato;Aitaro Kato;Toshiko Terakawa;Yoshiko Yamanaka;Yuta Maeda

  • Accelerated nucleation of the 2014 Iquique, Chile Mw 8.2 Earthquake.

    Aitaro Kato;Jun’ichi Fukuda;Takao Kumazawa;Shigeki Nakagawa

  • Foreshock migration preceding the 2016 Mw 7.0 Kumamoto earthquake, Japan

    Aitaro Kato;Jun'ichi Fukuda;Shigeki Nakagawa;Kazushige Obara

  • Implications of Fault‐Valve Behavior From Immediate Aftershocks Following the 2023 <i>M</i><sub><i>j</i></sub>6.5 Earthquake Beneath the Noto Peninsula, Central Japan

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  • Regional extent of the large coseismic slip zone of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku‐Oki earthquake delineated by on‐fault aftershocks

    Aitaro Kato;Toshihiro Igarashi

  • Imaging the source region of the 2004 mid-Niigata prefecture earthquake and the evolution of a seismogenic thrust-related fold

    Aitaro Kato;Eiji Kurashimo;Naoshi Hirata;Shinichi Sakai

  • Imaging the seismic structure and stress field in the source region of the 2004 mid‐Niigata prefecture earthquake: Structural zones of weakness and seismogenic stress concentration by ductile flow

    Aitaro Kato;Shin'ichi Sakai;Naoshi Hirata;Eiji Kurashimo

  • Hypocenter migration and crustal seismic velocity distribution observed for the inland earthquake swarms induced by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake in NE Japan: Implications for crustal fluid distribution and crustal permeability

    Tomomi Okada;Toru Matsuzawa;Norihito Umino;Keisuke Yoshida

  • Multi-fault system of the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake and its aftershocks

    Shin’ichi Sakai;Naoshi Hirata;Aitaro Kato;Eiji Kurashimo

  • Reactivation of ancient rift systems triggers devastating intraplate earthquakes

    Aitaro Kato;Eiji Kurashimo;Toshihiro Igarashi;Shinichi Sakai

  • The preparatory phase of the 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake by improving the detection capability of low‐magnitude foreshocks

    Monica Sugan;Aitaro Kato;Aitaro Kato;Hiroe Miyake;Shigeki Nakagawa

  • Step‐like migration of early aftershocks following the 2007 Mw 6.7 Noto‐Hanto earthquake, Japan

    Aitaro Kato;Aitaro Kato;Kazushige Obara

  • The 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence.

    Aitaro Kato;Kouji Nakamura;Yohei Hiyama

  • Detection of deep low-frequency earthquakes in the Nankai subduction zone over 11 years using a matched filter technique

    Aitaro Kato;Shigeki Nakagawa

  • Response of seismicity to static and dynamic stress changes induced by the 2011 M9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake

    Aitaro Kato;Jun'ichi Fukuda;Kazushige Obara

  • Fault system of the 2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake and its aftershocks

    Naoshi Hirata;Hiroshi Sato;Shin’ichi Sakai;Aitaro Kato

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoshi Hirata
Naoshi Hirata University of Tokyo
Kazushige Obara
Kazushige Obara University of Tokyo
Takaya Iwasaki
Takaya Iwasaki University of Tokyo
Toshihiko Kanazawa
Toshihiko Kanazawa University of Tokyo
Takuto Maeda
Takuto Maeda Hirosaki University
Tomomi Okada
Tomomi Okada Tohoku University
Yoshiyuki Kaneda
Yoshiyuki Kaneda Nagoya University
Junichi Nakajima
Junichi Nakajima Tokyo Institute of Technology
Masanao Shinohara
Masanao Shinohara University of Tokyo
Ryota Hino
Ryota Hino Tohoku University

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