[S-SS28] Seismic wave propagation: Theory and Application

[SSS28-11] Monochromatic oscillation and its frequency variation from 7 to 11 mHz observed at F-net IGK station, Ishigakijima, Japan

*Kazunari Nawa¹, Hidetaka Saomoto¹, Kohsuke Chida^2,1, Takeshi Kimura³ (1.National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2.University of Tsukuba, 3.National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention)

Keywords:broadband seismometer, noise, seiche, dam reservoir, Ishigaki Island

Some distinctive oscillations with a frequency of around 10 mHz were frequently found in the F-net IGK broadband seismometer data acquired and distributed by NIED on the feasibility study using initial data of the newly installed seismometers (Nawa et al., 2015) in Ishigakijima, Okinawa, Japan. By analyzing the continuous data (20Hz-sampling BH*, 1Hz-sampling LH* channels) of the F-net IGK station, we found spectral peak of approximately 11mHz at the period of January 2012 to June 2014, and its gradual frequency decrease from 11 mHz to 7 mHz at the period of July 2014 to April 2015, mainly in the NS component. From the comparison between teleseismic waves observed at IGK and those at surrounding stations (Kimura et al., 2015), and noise analysis (Kimura, 2015), it has been confirmed that the F-net IGK seismometer is operating normally at those period. In comparison with observed water level of the Nagura dam for irrigation near the F-net IGK station, it was found that the observation period of frequency of 11mHz corresponds to the period of the full water level of the dam. And we found a good correlation between frequency variation of the peak and the reservoir water level temporal variation. By using numerical simulations via the COMSOL Multiphysics®, we demonstrated that a frequency of fundamental mode of the dam reservoir seiche coincided with the observed frequency of oscillation at full water level. Also, the simulation revealed a relation the frequency decrease with the water level/amount decrease. From these conditions, observed oscillation on F-net IGK broadband seismometer records is concluded as the seiche of Nagura dam reservoir.

Acknowledgment:
We thank T. Miyaji, Y. Takahashi and Okinawa-ken Nagura Dam Kanrisho for preparing dam observation data. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 26289350.

References
Nawa et al. (2015) Hydrological disturbances on gravity at Ishigakijima and experiments for their monitoring, JpGU Meeting 2015
Kimura, T., H. Murakami, and T. Matsumoto (2015) Systematic monitoring of instrumentation health in high-density broadband seismic networks, Earth, Planets and Space, 67:55, doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0226-y.
Kimura (2015) Relationship between the frequency-response errors and background noise levels of broadband seismometers, SSJ Fall Meeting 2015