title: Teleseismic S wave microseisms.
abstract: Although observations of microseisms excited by ocean swells were firmly established in the 1940s, the source locations remain difficult to track. Delineation of the source locations and energy partition of the seismic wave components are key to understanding the excitation mechanisms. Using a seismic array in Japan, we observed both P and S wave microseisms excited by a severe distant storm in the Atlantic Ocean. Although nonlinear forcing of an ocean swell with a one-dimensional Earth model can explain P waves and vertically polarized S waves (SV waves), it cannot explain horizontally polarized S waves (SH waves). The precise source locations may provide a new catalog for exploring Earth's interior.
authors: Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi 1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan. knishida@eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors: Kiwamu
authors: K
authors: Nishida
authors: Research Center for Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-6 Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
authors: Ryota
authors: R
authors: Takagi