website
Sun，Wenke
http://people.ucas.ac.cn/~sunwenke?language=en
Research Interest
● Dislocation theory for a spherical earth model
● Gravity observation and interpretation
● Satellite gravity mission GRACE and its application
● Tibetan geodynamic changes
Education
1998 Docent Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
1992 Ph.D. ERI, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
1984 M.Sc. State Seismological Bureau, Wuhan, China
1982 B.Sc. Wuhan Technical Univ. of Surv. and Map., Wuhan, China
Courses
● Theory and Application of Gravity Changes
To introduce theory of gravity change, gravity measurement, data processing, physical corrections, mechanism and computing methods of gravity changes caused by varies geophysical phenomena. To further introduce the advances in geosciences, current development and problems, and frontier research topics, through practical examples.
Professional Experiences
2010.01-now Professor, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2000.08-2010.01 Associate Professor, Earthquake Research Institute (ERI), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
1996.05-2000.07 Research Associate (Associate Professor), Department of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
1993.10-1996.04 Post-Doctorate Fellow, Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada
1984.12-1987.12 Assistant Professor, Center for analysis and Prediction, State Seismological Bureau (SSB), Beijing, China
Professional Memberships
American Geophysical Union, Life member (1992-)
Journal of Geodesy and Geodynamics, Editor(2001.12-)
International Professionals for the Advancement of Chinese Earth Sciences, Member (IPACE, 2005-)
Geodesy and Geodynamics, Associate Editor (2010-)
Journal of Graduate University of Chinese Academy Sciences, Editor (2011-)
Grants
-NSFC
2012-2014 Dislocation theory and its application to huge earthquakes
Selected publications in last 5 years
Sun W. and X. Zhou, Co-seismic Deflection Change of Vertical Caused by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake (Mw9.0), GJI, in printing, 2012. (SCI)
Sato, T., S. Miura, W. Sun, T. Sugano, J. T. Freymueller, C. F. Larsen, Y. Ohta, H. Fujimoto, D. Inazu, and R. J. Motyka (2012), Gravity and uplift rates observed in southeast Alaska and their comparison with GIA model predictions, J. Geophys. Res.,117, B01401, doi:10.1029/2011JB008485. (SCI)
Sato, T., C.F. Larsen, Satoshi, M., Ohta, Y., Fujimoto, H., Sun, W., Motyka, R.J., Freymueller, J.T., (2011) Reevaluation of the viscoelastic and elastic responses to the past and present-day ice changes in Southeast Alaska, Tectonophysics, Volume 511, Issues 3-4, 10 November 2011, Pages 79-88，doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2010.05.009. (SCI)
Wenke Sun, Takashi Hasegawa, Xinlin Zhang, Yoichi Fukuda, C.K. Shum and Lei Wang, Simulation of Gaussian filter applied in processing GRACE data – Gravity rate of change at Lhasa, Tibet, SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences Volume 54, Number 9, 1378-1385, DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4233-y (SCI)
ZHOU Xin, SUN Wen-Ke, FU Guang-Yu.Gravity satellite GRACE detects coseismic gravity changes caused by 2010 Chile Mw8.8 earthquake, Chinese J.Geophys.(in Chinese),2011,V54(7): 1745-1749,DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2011.07.007 (SCI)
Wang W X, Shi Y L, Sun W K, et al. Viscous lithospheric structure beneath Sumatra inferred from post-seismic gravity changes detected by GRACE. Sci China Earth Sci, 2011, 54: 1257–1267, doi: 10.1007/s11430-011-4217-y；(SCI)
Sun, W., Q. Wang, H. Li, Y. Wang, and S. Okubo, 2011: A reinvestigation of crustal thickness in the Tibetan Plateau using absolute gravity, GPS and GRACE data. Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., Vol. 22, No. 2, 109-119, doi: 10.3319/TAO.2010.06.07.01 (TibXS). (SCI)
W. Sun, G. Fu and S. Okubo, Co-seismic Gravity Changes Computed for a Spherical Earth Model Applicable to GRACE Data, Proceedings of the IAG International Symposium on Gravity, Geoid & Earth Observation 2008, 23-27 June 2008. Venetian Arsenali, Centre of Mediterranean Architecture, Chania, Crete, Greece. Series: International Association of Geodesy Symposia, Vol. 135, 11-17, S.P. Mertikas (ed.), 2010, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-10634-7_2, Springer. (CPCI-S/ISTP)
Fu, Guangyu, Wenke Sun, Yoichi Fukuda, Shanghua Gao and Takashi Hasegawa, Effects of Earth’s curvature and radial hetero-geneity in dislocation studies: Case studies of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and the 2004 Sumatra earthquake, Earthquake Science, Volume 23, Number 4, 301-308, 2010，DOI: 10.1007/s11589-010-0727-5. (CSCD)
Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Aitaro Kato, Takayuki Sugano, G. Fu, Xinlin Zhang, Masato Furuya, Wenke Sun, Shuhei Okubo, Shigeo Matsumoto, Masaki Honda, Yasuhiro Sugawara, Isao Ueda, Masaaki Kusaka and Misao Ishihara, Gravity change detected during a slow slip event–evidence of high-pressure-fluid flow, Earth Planets Space, Vol. 62 (No. 12), pp. 905-913, 2010, doi:10.5047/eps.2010.11.003 (SCI)
Sun, W., S. Miura, T. Sato, T. Sugano, J. Freymueller, M. Kaufman, C. F. Larsen, R. Cross, and D. Inazu (2010), Gravity measurements in southeastern Alaska reveal negative gravity rate of change caused by glacial isostatic adjustment, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B12406, doi:10.1029/2009JB007194. (SCI)
Guangyu Fu, Wenke Sun, Yoichi Fukuda and Shanghua Gao, Surface Co-seismic Displacements Caused by Point Dislocations in a 3-D Heterogeneous, Spherically Earth Model, Geophysical Journal International, 183, 706–726, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04757.x, 2010. (SCI)
Wuxing Wang, Wenke Sun and Zaisen Jiang, Comparison of Fault Models of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake (Ms8.0) and Spatial Distributions of Co-seismic Deformations, Tectonophysics, 491, 85-95, 2010, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.035. (SCI)
Sun, W., A new approach to study interior structure of the earth - Measurement and application of cosmic-ray radiography, Journal of Geodesy and Geodynamics, Vol. 29, No. 6, 148-152, 2009.
Sun, W., S. Okubo, G. Fu and A. Araya, General Formulations of Global Co-seismic Deformations Caused by an Arbitrary Dislocation in a Spherically Symmetric Earth Model –Applicable to Deformed Earth Surface and Space-Fixed Point, Geophysical Journal International, 177, 817-833, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04113.x, 2009. (SCI)
Fu, G., and W. Sun , Effects of earth’s lateral inhomogeneous structure on co-seismic gravity changes, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 166, 1-26, DOI 10.1007/s00024-009-0501-6, 2009. (SCI)
Sun, W., Q. Wang, H. Li, Y. Wang, S. Okubo, D. Shao, D. Liu, and G. Fu (2009), Gravity and GPS measurements reveal mass loss beneath the Tibetan Plateau: Geodetic evidence of increasing crustal thickness, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L02303, doi:10.1029/2008GL036512. (SCI)
Sato, T., S. Miura, Y. Ohta, H. Fujimoto, W. Sun, C. Larsen, M. Heavner M. Kaufman, and J. T. Freymueller, Earth tides observed by gravimeter and GPS in Southeastern Alaska, Journal of Geodynamics, 46, 78-89, 2008. (SCI)
Wenke Sun, Theoretical and observational studies on gravity changes caused by earthquakes and volcanoes, Journal of Geodesy and Geodynamics, 28, 44-53, 2008.
Fu, G. and W. Sun, Far-field co-seismic deformations caused by the 2004 Sumatra earthquake (Mw=9.3), Journal of Geodesy and Geodynamics, V. 28, No. 2, 1-7, 2008.
Fu, G., and W. Sun (2008), Surface Co-seismic Gravity Changes Caused by Dislocations in a 3-D Heterogeneous Earth, Geophysical Journal International 172 (2), 479–503. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03684.x. (SCI)
Fu, G., and W. Sun (2007), Effects of lateral inhomogeneity in a spherical Earth on gravity Earth tides, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B06409, doi:10.1029/2006JB004512. (SCI)
Sun, W., S. Okubo and G. Fu, 2006. Green’s Function of Co-seismic Strain Changes and Investigation of Effects of Earth’s Curvature and Radial Heterogeneity, Geophys. J. Int., 167, 1273-1291, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03089.x. (SCI)
Sun, W., S. Okubo and T. Sugano, Determining Dislocation Love Numbers Using Satellite Gravity Mission Observations, Earth Planets Space, 58, 497-503, 2006. (SCI)
Fu, G. and W. Sun, Global co-seismic displacements caused by the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake, Earth Planets Space, 58, 149-152, 2006. (SCI)
