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Nikolai M. Shapiro

Nikolai M. Shapiro

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Earth Science

D-Index
68
Citations
24931
World Ranking
1103
National Ranking
61

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Nikolai M. Shapiro is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing significantly to the field of Geophysics with 131 publications. Additional areas of work include Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Oceanography.

The main topics covered in their research are diverse and include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Seismology and earthquake studies
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques
  • Earthquake detection and analysis

Shapiro has frequently published in several key scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Izvestiya Physics of the Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Shapiro include:

  • Rapid Characterization of Large Volcanic Eruptions: Measuring the Impulse of the Hunga Tonga Ha'apai Explosion From Teleseismic Waves, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters
  • IMS observations of infrasound and acoustic-gravity waves produced by the January 2022 volcanic eruption of Hunga, Tonga: A global analysis, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Deep long period volcanic earthquakes generated by degassing of volatile-rich basaltic magmas, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Seismic tremor reveals active trans-crustal magmatic system beneath Kamchatka volcanoes, 2022, Science Advances
  • Mantle and Crustal Sources of Magmatic Activity of Klyuchevskoy and Surrounding Volcanoes in Kamchatka Inferred From Earthquake Tomography, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Shapiro frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Iván Koulakov
  • S. Ya. Droznina
  • Ilyas Abkadyrov
  • Danila Chebrov
  • S. Senyukov

In recognition of their scientific work, Nikolai M. Shapiro was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Processing seismic ambient noise data to obtain reliable broad-band surface wave dispersion measurements

    G. D. Bensen;M. H. Ritzwoller;M. P. Barmin;A. L. Levshin

  • High-resolution surface-wave tomography from ambient seismic noise.

    Nikolai M. Shapiro;Michel Campillo;Laurent Stehly;Michael H. Ritzwoller

  • Emergence of broadband Rayleigh waves from correlations of the ambient seismic noise.

    N.M. Shapiro;Michel Campillo

  • Postseismic Relaxation Along the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield from Continuous Seismological Observations

    Florent Brenguier;Florent Brenguier;Michel Campillo;Céline Hadziioannou;Nikolai Shapiro

  • Ambient noise Rayleigh wave tomography across Europe

    Yingjie Yang;Michael H. Ritzwoller;Anatoli L. Levshin;Nikolai M. Shapiro

  • Monte-Carlo inversion for a global shear-velocity model of the crust and upper mantle

    N. M. Shapiro;M. H. Ritzwoller

  • Towards forecasting volcanic eruptions using seismic noise

    Florent Brenguier;Nikolai M. Shapiro;Michel Campillo;Valérie Ferrazzini

  • A study of the seismic noise from its long-range correlation properties

    L. Stehly;L. Stehly;Michel Campillo;N.M. Shapiro

  • Inferring surface heat flux distributions guided by a global seismic model: particular application to Antarctica

    Nikolai M Shapiro;Michael H Ritzwoller

  • Toward Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions Using Seismic Noise

    F. Brenguier;N. Shapiro;M. Campillo;V. Ferrazzini

  • Broadband ambient noise surface wave tomography across the United States

    G. D. Bensen;M. H. Ritzwoller;N. M. Shapiro

  • Thinning and flow of Tibetan crust constrained by seismic anisotropy.

    Nikolai M. Shapiro;Michael H. Ritzwoller;Peter Molnar;Vadim Levin

  • 3-D surface wave tomography of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano using seismic noise correlations

    Florent Brenguier;Florent Brenguier;Nikolai M. Shapiro;Michel Campillo;Alexandre Nercessian

  • Global surface wave diffraction tomography

    Michael H. Ritzwoller;Nikolai M. Shapiro;Mikhail P. Barmin;Anatoli L. Levshin

  • Cross-correlation of random fields: mathematical approach and applications

    Pierre Gouédard;L. Stehly;F. Brenguier;F. Brenguier;M. Campillo

  • Crustal and upper mantle structure beneath Antarctica and surrounding oceans

    Michael H. Ritzwoller;Nikolai M. Shapiro;Anatoli L. Levshin;Garrett M. Leahy

  • Observation of Equipartition of Seismic Waves

    R. Hennino;N. Trégourès;N. M. Shapiro;L. Margerin

  • Correlation of random wavefields: An interdisciplinary review

    Eric Larose;Ludovic Margerin;Arnaud Derode;Bart van Tiggelen

  • Surface wave tomography of the western United States from ambient seismic noise: Rayleigh wave group velocity maps

    M. P. Moschetti;M. H. Ritzwoller;N. M. Shapiro

  • Origin of deep ocean microseisms by using teleseismic body waves

    Matthieu Landès;Fabien Hubans;Nikolai M. Shapiro;Anne Paul

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Campillo
Michel Campillo Grenoble Alpes University
Michael H. Ritzwoller
Michael H. Ritzwoller University of Colorado Boulder
Florent Brenguier
Florent Brenguier Grenoble Alpes University
Vladimir Kostoglodov
Vladimir Kostoglodov National Autonomous University of Mexico
Shri Krishna Singh
Shri Krishna Singh National Autonomous University of Mexico
Ivan Koulakov
Ivan Koulakov Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Javier F. Pacheco
Javier F. Pacheco National University of Costa Rica
Valérie Ferrazzini
Valérie Ferrazzini Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Anne Mangeney
Anne Mangeney Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Satish C. Singh
Satish C. Singh Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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