Thomas Herring is a Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. He joined the MIT faculty in 1989. His research interests are in the development and applications of precise geodetic techniques, primarily the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), to study deformation processes on all spatial and temporal scales. He also uses these methods to study properties of the propagation medium including the Earth’s atmosphere.
He has been awarded the Macelwane Medal by the American Geophysical Union, the Bomford Prize by the International Association of Geodesy, and the Vening-Meinesz Medal by the European Geophysical Union. He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the International Association of Geodesy and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
SCEC Participation
SCEC Board of Directors, Core Institution Member (2002 - 2023) SCEC Science Planning Committee, Group Leader (2004)
Li, J. D., Rude, C. M., Blair, D. M., Gowanlock, M. G., Herring, T. A., & Pankratius, V. (2016). Computer aided detection of transient inflation events at Alaskan volcanoes using GPS measurements from 2005–2015. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 327, 634-642. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2016.10.003. SCEC Contribution 9023
Ji, K., & Herring, T. A. (2013). Testing Kalman Smoothing/PCA Transient Signal Detection Using Synthetic Data. Seismological Research Letters, 84(3), 433-443. doi: 10.1785/0220120155. SCEC Contribution 1834
Ji, K., Herring, T. A., & Llenos, A. L. (2013). Near real-time monitoring of volcanic surface deformation from GPS measurements at Long Valley Caldera, California. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(6), 1054-1058. doi: 10.1002/grl.50258. SCEC Contribution 1728
Ji, K., & Herring, T. A. (2013). A method for detecting transient signals in GPS position time-series: smoothing and principal component analysis. Geophysical Journal International, 193(1), 171-186. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt003. SCEC Contribution 1727
Ji, K., & Herring, T. A. (2011). Correlation between changes in groundwater levels and surface deformation from GPS measurements in the San Gabriel Valley, California. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L01301. doi: 10.1029/2011GL050195. SCEC Contribution 1549
Ji, K., & Herring, T. A. (2011). Transient signal detection using GPS measurements: Transient Inflation at Akutan Volcano, Alaska, During Early 2008. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L06307. doi: 10.1029/2011GL046904. SCEC Contribution 1548
Freed, A., Herring, T. A., & Bürgmann, R. (2010). Steady-state laboratory flow laws alone fail to explain postseismic observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 300(1-2), 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.005. SCEC Contribution 1547
Freed, A., Bürgmann, R., & Herring, T. A. (2007). Far-reaching transient motions after Mojave earthquakes require broad mantle flow beneath a strong crust. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L19302. doi: 10.1029/2007GL030959. SCEC Contribution 1546
Dong, D., Herring, T. A., & King, R. W. (1998). Estimating Regional Deformation from a Combination of Space and Terrestrial Geodetic Data. Journal of Geodesy, 72(4), 200-214. doi: 10.1007/s001900050161. SCEC Contribution 356
