Special Issue on Optical Seismology and the Next Era in Seismic Sensing
Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) has been a tool of seismologists for nearly two decades, revolutionizing high-density seismic sensing. While DAS theory and techniques continue to advance, the rapidly evolving field of optical seismology has added a range of other, complementary seismic sensing techniques. These include but are not limited to optical frequency combs; optical interferometry used in integrated fiber-optic sensing; fiber Bragg grating; optical polarimeters for rotational sensing and trends in miniaturization of components as well as improvements in DAS instrumentation and analysis.
BSSA invites submissions that highlight advances in DAS, microcomb and other advanced sensing techniques in optical seismology, including studies using DAS or advanced optical techniques to study and improve seismic source characterization and earthquake source physics; fault structure imaging; ground motion modeling; site response; DAS array processing and interferometry; development of methodologies in earthquake early warning systems; innovative methodologies to study seafloor structures; innovative methodologies to resolve issues with optical data quality; multimodal observatories; deep learning methods, edge processing and other processing and analytic tools for optical seismology; and theoretical advances in the field.
Deadline for Submission: February 2027
Articles accepted to this BSSA Special Issue will be published online soon after acceptance and collectively in print. Papers will be reviewed as they are received and published online prior to the print issue.
In preparing manuscripts, authors must follow the BSSA author guidelines at https://www.seismosoc.org/publications/bssa-submission-guidelines.
Papers must be submitted via the BSSA online submission system (www.editorialmanager.com/bssa) under the category “Optical Seismology and the Next Era in Seismic Sensing.”
Please address questions about scientific issues to BSSA Editor-in-Chief Stefano Parolai at bssaeditor@seismosoc.org. Submission-related questions should be addressed to the BSSA Editorial Office at bssamss@seismosoc.org.