We estimate the three-dimensional (3D) P-wave attenuation structure beneath the Niigata–Kobe Tectonic Zone (NKTZ), central Japan, using high-quality waveform data from a large number of stations. The obtained results confirm the segmentation of the NKTZ into three regions, as suggested by 3D seismic velocity models, and reveal characteristic structures related to surface deformation, shallow su...

We have developed a three-dimensional (3D) spectral hydrodynamic code to study vortex dynamics in rotating, shearing, stratified systems (e.g., the atmosphere of gas giant planets, protoplanetary disks around newly forming protostars). The timeindependent background state is stably stratified in the vertical direction and has a unidirectional linear shear flow aligned with one horizontal axis. ...

Vector spherical harmonic analyses have been used successfully to solve laminar and mean-field magnetohydrodynamic dynamo problems with interactions, such as the laminar induction term, anisotropic alpha-effects and anisotropic diffusion, which are difficult to analyse spectrally in spherical geometries. Spectral forms of the non-linear rotating Boussinesq and anelastic momentum, magnetic field...