David Fee
Research Assistant Professor
Biographical Sketch:
Present Research Interests:
- Volcano acoustics, volcanic jet noise and jet dynamics, detection and notification of hazardous eruptions using infrasound arrays, combing multiple geophysical technologies (e.g. infrasound, seismic, remote sensing) to understand volcanic eruptions.
- Infrasound propagation and atmospheric structure.
- Infrasound signal detection and discrimination.
Positions Held:
- (Fall 2010-Current) Research Assistant Professor, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
- (Fall 2004-Summer 2010) Field System Engineer and Analyst, University of Hawaii Infrasound Lab, Kailua Kona, HI.
- (Summer 2003-2004 ) Seismology Intern, USGS Geologic Hazards Team, Golden, CO.
- (2002-2004) Research Assistant, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
- (2001) Seismology Intern, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), New Zealand/Boulder, CO.
Selected Publications:
In Review or In Press
- 1. Fee, D., S. R. McNutt, T. Lopez, K. M. Arnoult, C. A. L. Szuberla, J. V. Olson, (in press), Combining Local and Remote Infrasound Recordings from the 2009 Redoubt Volcano Eruption, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
- 2. Garces, M., D. Fee, and R. S. Matoza (in press), Volcano Acoustics, in Modeling Volcanic Processes: The Physics and Mathematics of Volcanism, edited by S. A. Fagents, et al., Cambridge Univ Press.
- 3. Lopez, T., Carn, S., Werner, C., Kelly, P., Doukas, M., Pfeffer, M., Fee, D., Webley, P. W., Schneider, D., and Cahill, C., (in press). Evaluation of Redoubt Volcano’s sulfur dioxide emissions by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
- 4. McNutt, S.R., G. Thompson, M.E. West, D. Fee, S. Stihler, E. Clark, (in review), Local seismic and infrasound observations of the 2009 explosive eruptions of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
Published
- 1. Fee, D., Garcés, M., Orr, T., and Poland, M.R. (2011). Infrasound from the 2007 fissure eruptions of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L06309, doi:10.1029/2010GL046422.
- 2. Patrick, M., Wilson, D., Fee, D., Orr, T. and Swanson, D., (2011). Shallow degassing events as a trigger for very-long-period seismicity at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i. Bulletin of Volcanology, doi:10.1007/s00445-011-0475-y.
- 3. Stopa, J. E., K. F. Cheung, M. A. Garcés, and D. Fee (2011), Source of microbaroms from tropical cyclone waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L05602, doi:10.1029/2010GL046390.
- 4. Matoza, R. S., D. Fee, and M. A. Garcés (2010), Infrasonic tremor wavefield of the Pu`u `Ō`ō crater complex and lava tube system, Hawaii, in April 2007, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 115, B12312, doi:10.1029/2009JB007192.
- 5. Fee, D., M. Garcés, M. Patrick, B. Chouet, P. Dawson, and D. Swanson (2010), Infrasonic harmonic tremor and degassing bursts from Halema'uma'u Crater, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 115, B11316, doi:10.1029/2010JB007642.
- 6. Fee, D., A. Steffke, and M. Garces (2010), Characterization of the 2008 Kasatochi and Okmok eruptions using remote infrasound arrays, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 115, D00L10, doi:10.1029/2009JD013621.
- 7. Fee, D., M. Garces, and A. Steffke (2010), Infrasound from Tungurahua Volcano 2006–2008: Strombolian to Plinian eruptive activity, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 193(1-2), 67-81, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.03.006.
- 8. Arnoult, K. M., J. V. Olson, C. A. L. Szuberla, S. R. McNutt, M. A. Garcés, D. Fee, and M. A. H. Hedlin (2010), Infrasound observations of the 2008 explosive eruptions of Okmok and Kasatochi volcanoes, Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00L15, doi:10.1029/2010JD013987.
- 9. Steffke, A., D. Fee, M. Garces, and A. Harris (2010), Eruption chronologies, plume heights and eruption styles at Tungurahua Volcano: Integrating remote sensing techniques and infrasound, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 193(3-4), 143-160, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.03.004.
- 10. Matoza, R. S., D. Fee, M. A. Garces, J. M. Seiner, P. A. Ramon, and M. A. H. Hedlin (2009), Infrasonic jet noise from volcanic eruptions, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L08303, 10.1029/2008GL036486.
- 11. Mikumo, T., T. Shibutani, A. Le Pichon, M. Garces, D. Fee, T. Tsuyuki, S. Watada, and W. Morii (2008), Low-frequency acoustic-gravity waves from coseismic vertical deformation associated with the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (Mw = 9.2), Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 113, B12402, doi:10.1029/2008JB005710.
- 12. Garcés, M., D. Fee, A. Steffke, D. McCormack,R. Servranckx, H. Bass,C. Hetzer, M. Hedlin, R. Matoza, H. Yepes, and P. Ramon (2008), Capturing the Acoustic Fingerprint of Stratospheric Ash Injection, Eos Trans. AGU, 89, doi:10.1029/2008EO400001
- 13. Park J., Garces M., Fee D., Pawlak G., Collective Bubble Oscillations as a Component of Surf Infrasound, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123 (5), 2506-12, 2008
- 14. Fee, D., and M. Garcés (2007), Infrasonic tremor in the diffraction zone, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L16826, doi:10.1029/2007GL030616.
- 15. Garcés, M., J. Aucan, D. Fee, P. Caron, M. Merrifield, R. Gibson, J. Bhattacharyya, and S. Shah (2006), Infrasound from large surf, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L05611, doi:10.1029/2005GL025085.
- 16. Aucan, J., D. Fee, and M. Garcés (2006), Infrasonic estimation of surf period, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L05612, doi:10.1029/2005GL025086.
- 17. Fee D., K. Dueker (2004), Mantle transition zone topography and structure beneath the Yellowstone hotspot, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L18603, doi:10.1029/2004GL020636.
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