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Andrea Walpersdorf

Andrea Walpersdorf

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
5383
World Ranking
6832
National Ranking
526

Overview

Andrea Walpersdorf is affiliated with IFSTTAR in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics. Their research spans a range of subfields including atmospheric science, management, monitoring, policy and law, aerospace engineering, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist has published numerous papers in several specialized topics that include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Earthquake detection and analysis
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Winter sports injuries and performance
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials

Significant publications by Andrea Walpersdorf include:

  • Independent Component Analysis and Parametric Approach for Source Separation in InSAR Time Series at Regional Scale: Application to the 2017-2018 Slow Slip Event in Guerrero (Mexico), 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geodetic point surface mass balances: a new approach to determine point surface mass balances on glaciers from remote sensing measurements, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Rapid response to the M 4.9 earthquake of November 11, 2019 in Le Teil, Lower Rhône Valley, France, 2021, Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • A Multi-Physics Experiment with a Temporary Dense Seismic Array on the Argentière Glacier, French Alps: The RESOLVE Project, 2021, Seismological Research Letters
  • Present-day geodynamics of the Western Alps: new insights from earthquake mechanisms, 2021, Solid Earth

Their work is published frequently in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Journal International, Geophysical Research Letters, The Cryosphere, and Seismological Research Letters, with multiple publications in each of these outlets.

Andrea collaborates regularly with several researchers, among whom the most frequent co-authors are:

  • Florent Gimbert
  • Christian Sue
  • Adrien Gilbert
  • Christian Vincent
  • Marguerite Mathey

Best Publications

  • The Catastrophic Flash-Flood Event of 8–9 September 2002 in the Gard Region, France: A First Case Study for the Cévennes–Vivarais Mediterranean Hydrometeorological Observatory

    G. Delrieu;John Nicol;E. Yates;P.E. Kirstetter

  • Difference in the GPS deformation pattern of North and Central Zagros (Iran)

    Andrea Walpersdorf;Denis Hatzfeld;H. Nankali;Farokh Tavakoli

  • Plate convergence measured by GPS across the Sundaland/Philippine Sea Plate deformed boundary: the Philippines and eastern Indonesia

    C. Rangin;X. Le Pichon;S. Mazzotti;M. Pubellier

  • Triggering of the 2014 Mw7.3 Papanoa earthquake by a slow slip event in Guerrero, Mexico

    M. Radiguet;H. Perfettini;N. Cotte;A. Gualandi;A. Gualandi;A. Gualandi

  • The present‐day deformation of the central Zagros from GPS measurements

    Mohammad Tatar;Mohammad Tatar;Denis Hatzfeld;Joseph Martinod;Andrea Walpersdorf

  • Slow slip events and strain accumulation in the Guerrero gap, Mexico

    Mathilde Radiguet;Fabrice Cotton;Mathilde Vergnolle;Mathilde Vergnolle;Michel Campillo

  • An 8 month slow slip event triggers progressive nucleation of the 2014 Chile megathrust

    Anne Socquet;Jesus Piña Valdes;Jorge Jara;Fabrice Cotton

  • GPS water vapour tomography: preliminary results from the ESCOMPTE field experiment

    C. Champollion;F. Masson;M.-N. Bouin;A. Walpersdorf

  • Present-day uplift of the European Alps: Evaluating mechanisms and models of their relative contributions

    Pietro Sternai;Christian Sue;Laurent Husson;Enrico Serpelloni

  • Present-day kinematics and fault slip rates in eastern Iran, derived from 11 years of GPS data

    A. Walpersdorf;I. Manighetti;Z. Mousavi;F. Tavakoli

  • An up-to-date crustal deformation map of Iran using integrated campaign-mode and permanent GPS velocities

    Fatemeh Khorrami;Philippe Vernant;Frederic Masson;Faramarz Nilfouroushan

  • Comparison of ground‐based GPS precipitable water vapour to independent observations and NWP model reanalyses over Africa

    Olivier Bock;Marie-Noëlle Bouin;A. Walpersdorf;Jean-Philippe Lafore

  • The kinematics of the Zagros Mountains (Iran)

    D. Hatzfeld;C. Authemayou;C. Authemayou;C. Authemayou;P. van der Beek;O. Bellier

  • Distribution of the right-lateral strike–slip motion from the Main Recent Fault to the Kazerun Fault System (Zagros, Iran): Evidence from present-day GPS velocities

    Farokh Tavakoli;Andrea Walpersdorf;C. Authemayou;C. Authemayou;H. Nankali

  • Monitoring of the Palu-Koro Fault (Sulawesi) by GPS

    A. Walpersdorf;C. Vigny;C. Subarya;P. Manurung

  • Triggering of tremors and slow slip event in Guerrero, Mexico, by the 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule, Chile, earthquake

    Dimitri Zigone;Dimitri Zigone;Diane Rivet;Mathilde Radiguet;Michel Campillo

  • Observing plate motions in S.E. Asia: Geodetic results of the GEODYSSEA Project

    W. J. F. Simons;B. A. C. Ambrosius;R. Noomen;D. Angermann

  • Present-day uplift of the western Alps.

    J. M. Nocquet;C. Sue;A. Walpersdorf;T. Tran

  • Slow slip events in Mexico revised from the processing of 11 year GPS observations

    M Vergnolle;M Vergnolle;Andrea Walpersdorf;V. Kostoglodov;Paul Tregoning

  • GPS zenith delay sensitivity evaluated from high-resolution numerical weather prediction simulations of the 8–9 September 2002 flash flood over southeastern France

    Hugues Brenot;Véronique Ducrocq;Andrea Walpersdorf;Cédric Champollion

  • GPS monitoring of the tropospheric water vapor distribution and variation during the 9 September 2002 torrential precipitation episode in the Cévennes (southern France)

    C. Champollion;F. Masson;J. Van Baelen;J. Van Baelen;A. Walpersdorf

  • GPS compared to long-term geologic motion of the north arm of Sulawesi

    Andrea Walpersdorf;Claude Rangin;Christophe Vigny

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladimir Kostoglodov
Vladimir Kostoglodov National Autonomous University of Mexico
Michel Campillo
Michel Campillo Grenoble Alpes University
Anne Socquet
Anne Socquet Grenoble Alpes University
Frédéric Masson
Frédéric Masson University of Strasbourg
Véronique Ducrocq
Véronique Ducrocq Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Denis Hatzfeld
Denis Hatzfeld Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Richard Walker
Richard Walker University of Oxford
Fabrice Cotton
Fabrice Cotton University of Potsdam
Marie-Pierre Doin
Marie-Pierre Doin Grenoble Alpes University
Olivier Bock
Olivier Bock Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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