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Frederik J. Simons

Frederik J. Simons

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Earth Science

D-Index
34
Citations
5198
World Ranking
7877
National Ranking
2662

Overview

Frederik J. Simons is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans primarily within geophysics, with additional work in artificial intelligence, ocean engineering, environmental engineering, and mechanics of materials.

The main topics of their research include seismic waves and analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, seismology and earthquake studies, geophysics and sensor technology, and geological and geochemical analysis.

Frederik J. Simons's recent scholarly output features publications in multiple respected journals. These include:

  • The origin of secondary microseism Love waves, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The exponentiated phase measurement, and objective-function hybridization for adjoint waveform tomography, 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • A MERMAID Miscellany: Seismoacoustic Signals beyond the PWave, 2021, Seismological Research Letters
  • Generation of secondary microseism Love waves: effects of bathymetry, 3-D structure and source seasonality, 2021, Geophysical Journal International
  • Recording earthquakes for tomographic imaging of the mantle beneath the South Pacific by autonomous MERMAID floats, 2021, Geophysical Journal International

Throughout their career, Frederik has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • J. C. E. Irving
  • Jeroen Tromp
  • Etienne Bachmann
  • Alexander L. Burky
  • Joel D. Simon

Frederik's research contributions demonstrate a sustained focus on methods and applications related to seismic data interpretation and imaging, aiming to improve understanding of earthquake mechanics and Earth's internal structure. Their interdisciplinary approach incorporates elements from advanced signal processing and environmental engineering to study complex geophysical phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Probabilistic assessment of sea level during the last interglacial stage

    Robert E. Kopp;Frederik J. Simons;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Adam C. Maloof

  • Spatiospectral Concentration on a Sphere

    Frederik J. Simons;F. A. Dahlen;Mark A. Wieczorek

  • Localized spectral analysis on the sphere

    Mark A. Wieczorek;Frederik J. Simons

  • The deep structure of the Australian continent from surface wave tomography

    Frederik Jozef Simons;Alet Zielhuis;Rob D. Van Der Hilst

  • Possible animal-body fossils in pre-Marinoan limestones from South Australia

    Adam C. Maloof;Catherine V. Rose;Robert Beach;Bradley M. Samuels

  • Accelerating changes in ice mass within Greenland, and the ice sheet's sensitivity to atmospheric forcing

    Michael Bevis;Christopher Harig;Shfaqat A. Khan;Abel Brown

  • Multimode Rayleigh wave inversion for heterogeneity and azimuthal anisotropy of the Australian upper mantle

    Frederik J. Simons;Rob D. van der Hilst;Jean Paul Montagner;Alet Zielhuis

  • Isostatic response of the Australian lithosphere: Estimation of effective elastic thickness and anisotropy using multitaper spectral analysis

    Frederik Jozef Simons;Maria T. Zuber;Jun Korenaga

  • Minimum-Variance Multitaper Spectral Estimation on the Sphere

    Mark A. Wieczorek;Frederik J. Simons

  • Spherical Slepian functions and the polar gap in geodesy

    Frederik J. Simons;F. A. Dahlen

  • Mapping Greenland’s mass loss in space and time

    Christopher Harig;Frederik J. Simons

  • A probabilistic assessment of sea level variations within the last interglacial stage

    Robert E. Kopp;Frederik Jozef Simons;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Adam C. Maloof

  • Accelerated West Antarctic ice mass loss continues to outpace East Antarctic gains

    Christopher Harig;Frederik J. Simons

  • Coseismic and postseismic deformation of the 2011 Tohoku‐Oki earthquake constrained by GRACE gravimetry

    Lei Wang;C. K. Shum;Frederik J. Simons;Byron Tapley

  • Solving or resolving global tomographic models with spherical wavelets, and the scale and sparsity of seismic heterogeneity

    Frederik Jozef Simons;Ignace Loris;Guust Nolet;Ingrid C. Daubechies

  • Multiscale adjoint waveform tomography for surface and body waves

    Yanhua O. Yuan;Frederik J. Simons;Ebru Bozdağ

  • Spectral estimation on a sphere in geophysics and cosmology

    F. A. Dahlen;Frederik J. Simons

  • Spatiospectral localization of isostatic coherence anisotropy in Australia and its relation to seismic anisotropy: Implications for lithospheric deformation

    Frederik J. Simons;Frederik J. Simons;Rob D. van der Hilst;Rob D. van der Hilst;Maria T. Zuber

  • Seismic and mechanical anisotropy and the past and present deformation of the Australian lithosphere

    Frederik Jozef Simons;Rob D. van der Hilst

  • Coseismic slip of the 2010 Mw 8.8 Great Maule, Chile, earthquake quantified by the inversion of GRACE observations

    Lei Wang;C. K. Shum;Frederik J. Simons;Andrés Tassara

  • Age-dependent seismic thickness and mechanical strength of the Australian lithosphere

    Frederik J. Simons;Rob D. van der Hilst

  • Automatic detection and rapid determination of earthquake magnitude by wavelet multiscale analysis of the primary arrival

    Frederik J. Simons;Ben D.E. Dando;Richard M. Allen

  • Spatiospectral localization of global geopotential fields from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) reveals the coseismic gravity change owing to the 2004 Sumatra‐Andaman earthquake

    Shin-Chan Han;Shin-Chan Han;Frederik J. Simons;Frederik J. Simons

  • Ice mass loss in Greenland, the Gulf of Alaska, and the Canadian Archipelago: Seasonal cycles and decadal trends

    Christopher Harig;Frederik Jozef Simons

Frequent Co-Authors

Guust Nolet
Guust Nolet Université Côte d'Azur
Jeroen Tromp
Jeroen Tromp Princeton University
Ingrid Daubechies
Ingrid Daubechies Duke University
Kevin W. Lewis
Kevin W. Lewis Johns Hopkins University
Mark A. Wieczorek
Mark A. Wieczorek Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Shijie Zhong
Shijie Zhong University of Colorado Boulder
C. K. Shum
C. K. Shum The Ohio State University
Adam C. Maloof
Adam C. Maloof Princeton University

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