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About
My research focuses on improving near-real-time seismic and infrasound monitoring of volcanoes, earthquakes, debris flows, nuclear tests and rocket launches and using seismic and infrasound data to constrain lava dome growth and collapse. Before coming to USF in 2013 to start the Seismology group with Steve McNutt and Jochen Braunmiller, I spent 9 years developing new seismic monitoring tools at the Alaska Volcano Observatory and Alaska Earthquake Center and 4 years as the Seismic Network Manager and Deputy Director of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. I serve on 10 graduate student committees and teach classes in Computational Seismology, Digital Signal Processing and MATLAB/Python programming. I take students to Kennedy Space Center to learn how to install and maintain seismic and infrasound equipment and record rocket launches.
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Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., University of Leeds
1994 → 1999
M.Sc., University of Durham
1993 → 1995
B.Sc., University of St. Andrews
1989 → 1993
Disciplines
- Earth Sciences
- Volcanology
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Episodic Magma Hammers for the 15 January 2022 Cataclysmic Eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai
Zheng, Y., Hu, H., Spera, F. J., Scruggs, M., Thompson, G., Jin, Y., Lapen, T., McNutt, S. R., Mandli, K., Peng, Z. & Yuen, D. A., Jan 1 2023, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 50, 8, e2023GL102763.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Deep Active Learning Approach to the Automatic Classification of Volcano-Seismic Events
Manley, G. F., Mather, T. A., Pyle, D. M., Clifton, D. A., Rodgers, M., Thompson, G. & Londoño, J. M., Jan 1 2022, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 10, 807926.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Classification of Seismic Activity at the Lazufre Volcanic System, Based on 2011 to 2012 Data
McFarlin, H., Thompson, G., McNutt, S. R., Braunmiller, J. & West, M. E., Jan 1 2022, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 10, 890998.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Under the Surface: Pressure-induced Planetary-scale Waves, Volcanic Lightning, and Gaseous Clouds Caused by the Submarine Eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano
Yuen, D. A., Scruggs, M. A., Spera, F. J., Zheng, Y., Hu, H., McNutt, S. R., Thompson, G., Mandli, K., Keller, B. R., Wei, S. S., Peng, Z., Zhou, Z., Mulargia, F. & Tanioka, Y., Jan 1 2022, In: Earthquake Research Advances. 2, 3, 100134.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Under the Surface: Pressure-Induced Planetary-Scale Waves, Volcanic Lightning, and Gaseous Clouds Caused by the Submarine Eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Volcano Provide an Excellent Research Opportunity
Yuen, D. A., Scruggs, M. A., Spera, F. J., Zheng, Y., Hu, H., McNutt, S. R., Thompson, G., Mandli, K., Keller, B. R., Wei, S. S., Peng, Z., Zhou, Z., Mulargia, F. & Tanioka, Y., Jan 1 2022, In: Earthquake Research Advances. 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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European Seismological Commission (ESC) Working Group ”Seismic phenomena associated with volcanic ac (External organization)
Thompson, G. (Member)
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International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth’s Interior (External organization)
Thompson, G. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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American Geophysical Union (External organization)
Thompson, G. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Seismological Society of America (External organization)
Thompson, G. (Member)
2000 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network