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Vp and Vs structure estimations from ambient seafloor noise observed by distributed acoustic sensing
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  • Takashi Tonegawa,
  • Eiichiro Araki,
  • Hiroyuki Matsumoto,
  • Toshinori Kimura,
  • Koichiro Obana,
  • Gou Fujie,
  • Ryuta Arai,
  • Kazuya Shiraishi,
  • Masaru Nakano,
  • Yasuyuki Nakamura,
  • Takashi Yokobiki,
  • Shuichi Kodaira
Takashi Tonegawa
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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Eiichiro Araki
Jamstec, Jamstec
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Hiroyuki Matsumoto
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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Toshinori Kimura
Japan Marine Science & Technology Center, Japan Marine Science & Technology Center
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Koichiro Obana
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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Gou Fujie
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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Ryuta Arai
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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Kazuya Shiraishi
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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Masaru Nakano
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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Yasuyuki Nakamura
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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Takashi Yokobiki
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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Shuichi Kodaira
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
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Abstract

Seismic velocity structures have been estimated using ambient noise records observed by distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology. Previous studies have obtained S-wave velocity (Vs) structures along submarine cables using surface waves; however P-wave velocity (Vp) structure have seldom been constructed because ambient noise primarily contains surface waves. Here, we show P and Rayleigh wave extractions from ambient seafloor noise observed by DAS, and also estimate the Vp and Vs structures along a submarine cable deployed off Cape Muroto in the Nankai subduction zone, Japan. To extract the P waves, we calculated the cross-correlation functions (CCFs) of the ambient noise and applied a frequency-wavenumber filter to the CCFs to remove the effects of slower surface waves. The results indicate that similar features can be obtained in the Vp and Vs profiles, and that the P wave extractions can be performed on days with poor weather conditions.