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Overview

Diego Melgar is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States and has an extensive publication record in earth and planetary sciences, particularly in geophysics and related fields. Their research primarily focuses on earthquake and tectonic studies, seismology, and earthquake detection and analysis.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Sub- and super-shear ruptures during the 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6 earthquake doublet in SE Türkiye (2023), published in Seismica
  • Rupture kinematics of 2020 January 24 Mw 6.7 Doğanyol-Sivrice, Turkey earthquake on the East Anatolian Fault Zone imaged by space geodesy (2020), published in Geophysical Journal International

Melgar has contributed to understanding seismic ruptures and rupture processes as well as the use of geodetic data to analyze fault activity. Their work intersects with advanced methodologies, including the application of artificial intelligence to crustal deformation and earthquake early warning.

Main fields of study in Melgar's work include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Computer Science

Specific subfields covered in Melgar's research are:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Geology

Key research topics explored are:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Melgar include:

  • Brendan W. Crowell
  • Valerie J. Sahakian
  • Amanda M. Thomas
  • J. Searcy
  • Jiun-Ting Lin

Melgar has published extensively in several venues, with notable quantities of work appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Seismica
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Seismological Research Letters

Through their work, Melgar integrates geophysical observation, computational techniques, and seismic data interpretation to contribute to the understanding of earthquake mechanics and hazard assessment.

Best Publications

  • Slip pulse and resonance of the Kathmandu basin during the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal.

    John Galetzka;D. Melgar;J.F. Genrich;J. Geng

  • Earthquake Early Warning: Advances, Scientific Challenges, and Societal Needs

    Richard M. Allen;Diego Melgar

  • Real-Time Strong-Motion Broadband Displacements from Collocated GPS and Accelerometers

    Yehuda Bock;Diego Melgar;Brendan W. Crowell

  • Sub- and super-shear ruptures during the 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6 earthquake doublet in SE Türkiye

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  • Physical applications of GPS geodesy: a review.

    Yehuda Bock;Diego Melgar;Diego Melgar

  • Line of Sight Displacement from ALOS-2 Interferometry: Mw 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake and Mw 7.3 Aftershock

    Eric O. Lindsey;Ryo Natsuaki;Xiaohua Xu;Masanobu Shimada

  • Earthquake magnitude calculation without saturation from the scaling of peak ground displacement

    Diego Melgar;Brendan W. Crowell;Jianghui Geng;Richard M. Allen

  • A new seismogeodetic approach applied to GPS and accelerometer observations of the 2012 Brawley seismic swarm: Implications for earthquake early warning

    Jianghui Geng;Yehuda Bock;Diego Melgar;Brendan W. Crowell

  • Slip segmentation and slow rupture to the trench during the 2015, Mw8.3 Illapel, Chile earthquake

    Diego Melgar;Wenyuan Fan;Sebastian Riquelme;Jianghui Geng

  • Real‐time inversion of GPS data for finite fault modeling and rapid hazard assessment

    Brendan W. Crowell;Yehuda Bock;Diego Melgar

  • Real‐time centroid moment tensor determination for large earthquakes from local and regional displacement records

    Diego Melgar;Yehuda Bock;Brendan W. Crowell

  • Kinematic earthquake source inversion and tsunami runup prediction with regional geophysical data

    D. Melgar;D. Melgar;Y. Bock

  • Earthquake magnitude scaling using seismogeodetic data

    Brendan W. Crowell;Brendan W. Crowell;Diego Melgar;Yehuda Bock;Jennifer S. Haase

  • On robust and reliable automated baseline corrections for strong motion seismology

    Diego Melgar;Yehuda Bock;Dominga Sanchez;Brendan W. Crowell

  • Complex Rupture of an Immature Fault Zone: A Simultaneous Kinematic Model of the 2019 Ridgecrest, CA Earthquakes

    D. E. Goldberg;D. Melgar;V. J. Sahakian;A. M. Thomas

  • Near-field tsunami models with rapid earthquake source inversions from land- and ocean-based observations: The potential for forecast and warning

    Diego Melgar;Yehuda Bock

  • Kinematic rupture scenarios and synthetic displacement data: An example application to the Cascadia subduction zone

    Diego Melgar;Randall J. LeVeque;Douglas S. Dreger;Richard M. Allen

  • Local tsunami warnings: Perspectives from recent large events

    Diego Melgar;Richard M. Allen;Sebastian Riquelme;Jianghui Geng;Jianghui Geng

  • Source Mechanism and Rupture Process of the 24 January 2020 Mw 6.7 Doğanyol–Sivrice Earthquake obtained from Seismological Waveform Analysis and Space Geodetic Observations on the East Anatolian Fault Zone (Turkey)

    Tuncay Taymaz;Athanassios Ganas;Seda Yolsal-Çevikbilen;Felipe Vera

  • Rapid modeling of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku‐oki earthquake with seismogeodesy

    Diego Melgar;Brendan W. Crowell;Yehuda Bock;Jennifer S. Haase

  • Seismogeodesy of the 2014 Mw6.1 Napa earthquake, California: Rapid response and modeling of fast rupture on a dipping strike‐slip fault

    Diego Melgar;Jianghui Geng;Brendan W. Crowell;Jennifer S. Haase

Frequent Co-Authors

Yehuda Bock
Yehuda Bock University of California, San Diego
Jianghui Geng
Jianghui Geng Wuhan University
Richard M. Allen
Richard M. Allen University of California, Berkeley
Jennifer S. Haase
Jennifer S. Haase University of California, San Diego
Gavin P. Hayes
Gavin P. Hayes United States Geological Survey
Randall J. LeVeque
Randall J. LeVeque University of Washington
Sergio Barrientos
Sergio Barrientos University of Chile
Shri Krishna Singh
Shri Krishna Singh National Autonomous University of Mexico
Marino Protti
Marino Protti University of California, Santa Cruz
Paul Bodin
Paul Bodin University of Washington

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