David Schmidt
  Associate Professor
  Office: ATG 206
     ESS Mailing Address
  Phone: 206-685-3799
  Fax: 206-543-0489 (shared)
  Email: dasc @ uw.edu
  Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/dasc

  Research Groups: Seismology and Tectonics

Areas of Interest:
Crustal deformation; Earthquakes and faulting, slow slip processes; Subduction dynamics and tectonics; Volcanic inflation; InSAR, geodesy

Education:
Ph.D. : Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley, 2002
B.S. : Physics, University of California, San Diego, 1997

Current Research Interests:
Dr. Schmidt's research focuses on the deformation of the lithosphere from active geological processes. His research group is studying a variety of geological processes and natural hazards, including aseismic slip events on strike slip faults and the Cascadia subduction zone, deformation caused by volcanic inflation, and the kinematics of slow moving landslides. He specializes in the use of geodetic techniques to measure subtle movements of the earth's surface. His primary expertise is the use of satellite radar interferometry (InSAR) in earth science applications. This technique uses reflected radar echoes to measure sub-centimeter surface movements over time periods of weeks to years.

Selected Publications:

Skarbek, R. M., A. W. Rempel, and D. A. Schmidt (2012), Geologic heterogeneity can produce aseismic slip transients, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L21306, doi:10.1029/2012GL053762. Dietterich., H., M. Poland, D. A. Schmidt, K. Cashman, D. Sherrod, and A. T. Espinosa (2012), Tracking lava flow emplacement on the east rift zone of Kilauea, Hawaii, with synthetic aperture radar coherence, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q05001, doi:10.1029/2011GC004016. Riddick, S., D. A. Schmidt, and N. I. Deligne (2012), An analysis of terrain properties and the location of surface scatterers from persistent scatterer interferometry, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 73 , doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2012.05.010. Gao, H., D. A. Schmidt, and R. Weldon (2012), Scaling relationships of source parameters for slow slip events Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 102, 1, 352-360, doi:10.1785/0120110096. Riddick, S., and D. A. Schmidt (2011), Time-dependent changes in volcanic inflation rate near Three Sisters, Oregon, revealed by InSAR, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 12, Q12005, doi:10.1029/2011GC003826. Wisely, B. A., and D. A. Schmidt (2010), Deciphering vertical deformation and poroelastic parameters in a tectonically active fault-bound aquifer using InSAR and well level data, San Bernardino basin, California, Geophys. J. Intl., 181, 3, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04568.x Calabro, M. D., D. A. Schmidt, and J. J. Roering (2010), An examination of seasonal deformation at the Portuguese Bend landslide, southern California, using radar interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 115, F02020, doi:10.1029/2009JF001314.Schmidt, D. A. and H. Gao (2010), Source parameters and time-dependent slip distributions of slow slip events on the Cascadia subduction zone from 1998 to 2008, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B00A18, doi:10.1029/2008JB006045.