Professor

 

 

Yih-Min Wu

Associate Professor of Geosciences, National Taiwan University

TEL+886-2-2362-0054

FAX+886-2-2364-4625

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E-Maildrymwu@ntu.edu.tw

Research InterestsSeismic early warning, Observational seismology, Geophysics.

 

1. Education

 

    1989, B. S., Oceanography, National Taiwan Ocean University

    1991, M. S., Oceanography, National Taiwan Ocean University

    1999, Ph.D., Geophysics, National Central University

 

2. Professional Experience

 

    1993.7-2000.3, Research Technician, Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan

    2000.3-2004.2, Research Fellow, Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan

    2004.2-2006.7, Assistant Professor of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

    2006.8- Associate Professor of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

    2006.9-2007.8 Visiting Scientist, Caltech, USA

 

3. Publications

 

1.          Teng, T. L., Y. M. Wu, T. C. Shin, Y. B. Tsai and W. H. K. Lee (1997). One minute after: strong-motion map, effective epicenter, and effective magnitude, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 87, 1209-1219.

2.          Wu, Y. M., C.C. Chen, T.C. Shin, Y.B. Tsai, W.H.K. Lee, and T. L. Teng (1997). Taiwan Rapid Earthquake Information Release System, Seism. Res. Lett., 68, 931-943.

3.          Wu, Y. M., T. C. Shin, and Y. B. Tsai (1998). Quick and reliable determination of magnitude for seismic early warning, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 88, 1254-1259.  

4.          Wu, Y. M., J. K. Chung, T. C. Shin, N. C. Hsiao, Y. B. Tsai, W. H. K. Lee, and T. L. Teng (1999). Development of an integrated seismic early warning system in Taiwan- case for Hualien earthquakes, Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 10, 719-736.

5.          Chang, C. H., Y. M. Wu, T. C. Shin, and C. Y. Wang (2000). Relocating the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake, Taiwan. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 11, 581-590.

6.          Wu, Y. M., W. H. K. Lee, C. C. Chen, T. C. Shin, T. L. Teng, and Y. B. Tsai (2000). Performance of the Taiwan Rapid Earthquake Information Release System (RTD) during the 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) earthquake. Seismo. Res. Let., 71, 338-343.

7.          Shin, T. C., F. T. Wu, J. K. Chung, R. Y. Chen, Y. M. Wu, C. S. Chang, T. L. Teng, (2001). Ground displacement around the fault of the September 20th, 1999, Chi-chi Taiwan   earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 1651-1654.

8.          Wu, Y. M., T. C. Shin, and C. H. Chang (2001). Data files from “Near Realtime Mapping of Peak Ground Acceleration and Peak Ground Velocity following a Strong Earthquake”. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 91, 1385.

9.          Wu, Y. M., T. C. Shin, and C. H. Chang (2001). Near Realtime Mapping of Peak Ground Acceleration and Peak Ground Velocity following a Strong Earthquake. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 91, 1218-1228.

10.      Wu, Y. M., and T. L. Teng (2002). A virtual sub-network approach to earthquake early warning. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 92, 2008-2018.

11.      Wu, Y. M., N. C. Hsiao, T. L. Teng, and T. C. Shin (2002). Near real-time seismic damage assessment of the rapid reporting system. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 13, 313-324.

12.      Wu, Y. M., T. L. Teng, T. C. Shin, and N. C. Hsiao, 2003: Relationship between peak ground acceleration, peak ground velocity, and intensity in Taiwan. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 93, 386-396.

13.      Wu, Y. M., C. H. Chang, N. C. Hsiao, and F. T. Wu, 2003: Relocation of the 1998 Rueyli, Taiwan, earthquake sequence using three-dimensions velocity structure with stations corrections. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 14,421-430.

14.      Wu, Y. M., J. K. Chung, C. C. Chen, N. C. Hsiao, T. C. Shin, Y. B. Tsai, and K. W. Kuo (2003). On the establishment of an automatic earthquake information broadcast system in Taiwan, in “Early Warning Systems for Natural Disaster Reduction” edited by J. Zschau and A. N. Kuppers, p. 461-464, Springer, Berlin

15.      Shin, T. C., Y. B. Tsai, Y. T. Yeh, C. C. Liu, and Y. M. Wu (2003). Strong-Motion Instrumentation Programs in Taiwan, in "Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology"   edited by W. H. K. Lee, H. Kanamori, and P. C. Jennings, Academic Press, p. 1057-1602.

16.      Kuochen, H., Y. M. Wu, C. H. Chang, J. C. Hu, and W. S. Chen (2004). Relocation of the Eastern Taiwan Earthquakes and Its Tectonic Implications. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and   Oceanic Sciences 15,647-666.

17.      Wu, Y. M., T. L. Teng, N. C. Hsiao, T. C. Shin, W. H. K. Lee and Y. B. Tsai, 2004: Progress on earthquake rapid reporting and early warning systems in Taiwan, in “IUGG Special Volume on Earthquake Hazard, Risk, and Strong Ground Motion” edited by Y. T. Chen, G. F. Panza, Z. L. Wu, Seismological Press, Beijing, p. 457-480.

18.      Wu, F. T, C. H. Chang, and Y. M. Wu (2004). Precisely Relocated Hypocenters, Focal Mecahnisms and Active Orogeny in Central Taiwan, in “Aspects of the Tectonics Evolution of China” edited by J. Malpas, C. J. N. Fletcher, J. R. Ali, and J.C. Aitchison. Geological Society, London, special publications, 226, 333-354.

19.      Wu, Y. M., N. C. Hsiao, and T. L. Teng (2004). Relationships between strong ground motion peak values and seismic loss during the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake. Natural Hazards 32, 357-373.

20.      Wu, Y. M. and T. L. Teng (2004). Near Real-Time Magnitude Determination for Large Crustal Earthquakes. Tectonophysics 390, 205-216.

21.      Wu, Y. M. and H. Kanamori (2005). Experiment on an onsite early warning method for the Taiwan early warning system, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 95, 347-353.

22.      Wu, Y. M. and H. Kanamori (2005). Rapid Assessment of Damaging Potential of Earthquakes in Taiwan from the Beginning of P Waves, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 95, 1181-1185.

23.      Wu, Y. M., R. M. Allen, and C. F. Wu (2005). Revised ML determination for crustal earthquakes in Taiwan, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 95, 2517–2524.

24.      Wu, Y. M. and L. Y. Chiao (2006). Seismic quiescence before the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan Mw7.6 earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 96, 321-327.

25.      Wu, Y. M., Y. G. Chen, T. C. Shin, H. Kuochen, C. S. Hou, C. H. Chang, C. F. Wu and T. L. Teng (2006). Coseismic vs. interseismic ground deformations, faults rupture inversion and segmentation revealed by 2003 Mw 6.8 Chengkung earthquake in eastern Taiwan. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L02312.

26.      Wu, Y. M., H. Y. Yen, L. Zhao, B. S. Huang, and W. T. Liang (2006). Magnitude determination using initial P waves: A single-station approach, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L05306.

27.      Chou, H. C., B. Y. Kuo, S. H. Hung, L. Y. Chiao, D. P. Zhao, and Y. M. Wu (2006). The Taiwan-Ryukyu subduction-collision complex: Folding of a viscoelastic slab and the double seismic zone, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B04410.

28.      Wu, Y. M. and L. Zhao (2006). Magnitude estimation using the first three seconds P-wave amplitude in earthquake early warning, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L16312.

29.      Wu, Y. M., Y. G. Chen, C. H. Chang, L. H. Chung, T. L. Teng, F. T. Wu, and C. F. Wu (2006). Seismogenic structure in a tectonic suture zone: with new constraints from 2006 Mw6.1 Taitung earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L22305.

30.      Chen, C. C., W. C. Wang, Y. F. Chang, Y. M. Wu, and Y. H. Lee (2006). A correlation between the b-value and the fractal dimension from the aftershock sequence of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake, Geophysical Journal International, 167, 1215-1219.

31.      Wu, Y. M. and C. C. Chen (2007). Seismic reversal pattern for the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Mw 7.6 earthquake, Tectonophysics, 429, 125-132.

32.      Kuochen, H., Wu, Y. M., Chen, Y. G., and Chen, R. Y. (2007). 2003 Mw6.8 Chengkung earthquake and its associated seismogenic structures. J. Asian Earth Sci., 31, 332–339.

33.      Wu, Y. M., N. C. Hsiao, W. H. K. Lee, T. L. Teng, and T. C. Shin (2007). State of the art and progresses of early warning system in Taiwan, in ‘Earthquake Early Warning Systems’ ,        Gasparini, Paolo; Manfredi, Gaetano; Zschau, Jochen (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2007, pp. 283-306, ISBN: 978-3-540-72240-3.

34.      Wu, Y. M. and C. F. Wu (2007). Approximate Recovery of Coseismic Deformation from Taiwan Strong-motion Records, J Seismol., 11, 159–170.

35.      Hu, J. C., L. W. Cheng, H. Y. Chen, Y. M. Wu, J. C. Lee, Y. G. Chen, K. C. Lin, R. J. Rau, H. Kuochen, H. H. Chen, S. B. Yu, and J. Angelier (2007). Coseismic deformation revealed

        by inversion of strong motion and GPS data: the 2003 Chengkung earthquake in eastern Taiwan. Geophys. J. Int., 169, 667–674. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03359.x

36.      Wu, Y. M., H. Kanamori, R. Allen, and E. Hauksson (2007). Determination of earthquake early warning parameters, tc and Pd , for southern California, Geophys. J. Int., 170, 711-717.

37.      Wu, Y. M., C. H. Chang, L. Zhao, J. B. H. Shyu, Y. G. Chen, K. Sieh, and J. P. Avouac (2007). Seismic tomography of Taiwan: Improved constraints from a dense network of strong-motion stations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B08312, doi:10.1029/2007JB004983.

38.      Chang, C. H., Y. M. Wu, L. Zhao, and F. T. Wu (2007). Aftershocks of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake: The first hour, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 97, 1245–1258, doi: 10.1785/0120060184.

39.      Chia Y. P., J. J. Chiu, Y. H. Chiang, T. P. Lee, Y. M. Wu and M. J. Horng, 2007, Implications of coseismic groundwater level changes observed at multiple-well monitoring stations,   Geophys. J. Int., 172, 293-301, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03628.x.

40.      Wu, Y. M., and H. Kanamori (2008). Development of an Earthquake Early Warning System Using Real-Time Strong Motion Signals, Sensors 2008, 8, 1-9.

41.      Shih, D. C. F., Y. M. Wu, G. F. Lin, C. H. Chang, J. C. Hu, and Y. G. Chen 2008. Assessment of long term variation in displacement for a GPS site adjacent to a transition zone between collision and subduction. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. Published On-line. DOI 10.1007s00477-007-0128-z.

42.      Wu, Y. M. and H. Kanamori (2008). Exploring the feasibility of on-site earthquake early warning using close-in records of the 2007 Noto Hanto earthquake, Earth, Planets and Space., 60, 155-160

43.      Shih, D. C. F., G. F. Lin, Y. P. Jia, Y. G. Chen, and Y. M. Wu (2008). Spectral decomposition of periodic groundwater fluctuation in a coastal aquifer, Hydrological Processes, 22, 1755-1765.

44.      Wu, Y. M., L. Zhao, C. H. Chang, and Y. J. Hsu (2008). Focal mechanism determination in Taiwan by genetic algorithm, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am.,98, 651–661, doi: 10.1785/0120070115

45.      Chen Y. G., Y. T. Kuo, Y. M. Wu, H. L. Chen, C. H. Chang, R. Y. Chen, P. W. Lo, K. E. Ching, and J. C. Lee (2008). New seismogenic source and deep structures revealed by 1 the 1999 Chia-yi earthquake sequence in southwestern Taiwan, Geophys. J. Int., 172, 1049-1054

46.      Wu, Y. M., C. H. Chang, L. Zhao, T. L. Teng and M. Nakamura (2008). A Comprehensive Relocation of Earthquakes in Taiwan from 1991 to 2005, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98, 1471–1481, doi: 10.1785/0120070166. (SCI)

47.     Chung, L. H., Y. G. Chen, Y. M. Wu, J. B. H. Shyu, Y. T. Kuo, Y. N. N. Lin (2008). Seismogenic faults along the major suture of the plate boundary deduced by dislocation modeling of co-seismic displacements of the 1951 M7.3 Hualien-Taitung earthquake sequence in eastern Taiwan, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 269, 416–426. (SCI)

48.     Lee, W. H. K. and Y. M. Wu (2008). Earthquake Monitoring and Early Warning Systems, in “Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science”, will be published by Springer.

49.     Chen, C. C., L. Y. Chiao, Y. T. Lee, H. W. Cheng, and Y. M. Wu (2008). Long-range connective sandpile models and its implication to seismicity evolution, Tectonophysics, 454,104-107. (SCI)

50.      Wu, Y. M., C. C. Chen, L. Zhao, and C. H. Chang (2008). Seismicity characteristics before the 2003 Chengkung, Taiwan Mw6.8 earthquake, Tectonophysics, 457, 177-182, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.06.007. (SCI)

51.  Shih, D. C. F., Y. G. Chen, G. F. Lin, and Y. M. Wu (2008). Uncertainty propagation of hydrodispersive transfer in an aquifer: an illustration of one-dimensional contaminant transport with slug injection, Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess, Published on-line, DOI 10.1007/s00477-008-0246-2. (SCI)       

52.   Shieh, J. T., Y. M. Wu*, and R. M. Allen (2008). A comparison of tc and t pmax for magnitude estimation in earthquake early warning, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L20301, doi:10.1029/2008GL035611. (SCI)

53.   Bӧse, M., E. Hauksson, K. Solanki, H. Kanamori, Y. M. Wu, and T. H. Heaton (2008). A New Trigger Criterion for Improved Real-time Performance of On-site Earthquake Early Warning in Southern California, accepted by Bull. Seism. Soc. Am.. (SCI)

54.   Shih, D. C. F., Y. G. Chen, G. F. Lin, Y. M. Wu, Y. P. Jia, and C. M. Ma (2008). Seasonal sea level fluctuations at the east coast of Taiwan that overlie continental shelf break, accepted by Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (SCI).

55.   Wu, Y. M., C. H. Chang, L. Zhao, N. C. Hsiao, Y. G. Chen and S. K. Hsu (2008). Relocation of the 2006 Pingtung earthquake sequence and seismotectonics in Southern Taiwan, accepted by Tectonophysics. (SCI)

56.   Hsiao, N.C., Y. M. Wu*, T. C. Shin, L. Zhao, and T. L. Teng (2008). Development of earthquake early warning system in Taiwan, accepted by Geophys. Res. Lett..

57.  Hsu, Y. J., J. P. Avouac, S. B. Yu, C. H. Chang, Y. M. Wu, J. Woessner (2009). Spatio-temporal slip, and stress level on the faults within the western foothills of Taiwan: implications for fault frictional properties, accepted by Pure and Applied Geophysics.

58.  Wu, Y. M., J. B. H. Shyu, C. H. Chang, L. Zhao, M. Nakamura, and S. K. Hsu (2009). Improved seismic tomography offshore northeastern Taiwan: Implications for subduction and collision processes between Taiwan and the southernmost Ryukyu, Geophys. J. Int. in press, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04180.x.

59.  Huang, B.S., T.S. Le, C. C. Liu, D. V. Toan, W. G. Huang, Y. M. Wu, Y. G. Chen, and W. Y. Chang, 2009, Portable broadband seismic network in Vietnam for investigating tectonic deformation, the Earth’s Interior, and early-warning systems for earthquakes and tsunamis, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences in press.

60.  Wen, K. L., T. C. Shin, Y. M. Wu, N. C. Hsiao, and B. R. Wu, 2009, Current Progress of the Technology on the Earthquake Early Warning System in Taiwan, accepted by Journal of Disaster Reduction.

61.  Kuo, T., C. Lin, K. Fan, G. Chang, C. Lewis, Y. Han, Y. Wu, W. Chen, and C. Tsai, 2009, Radon anomalies precursory to the 2003 Mw=6.8 Chengkung and 2006 Mw=6.1 Taiting earthquakes in Taiwan, Radiation Measurements, 44, 295-299.

62.  Lai, K. Y., Y. G. Chen, Y. M.Wu, J. P. Avouac, Y. T. Kuo, Y. Wang, C. H. Chang and K. C. Lin (2009). The 2005 Ilan earthquake doublet and seismic crisis in northeastern Taiwan: evidence for dike intrusion associated with on-land propagation of the Okinawa Trough, Geophys. J. Int. in press, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04307.x.

63.  Zhao, W. A., Y. M. Wu*, and L. Zhao, 2009. An Automatic Scheme for Baseline Correction of Strong-Motion Records in Coseismic Deformation Determination, accepted by Journal of Seismology.