Refereed Publications

In preparation

Pedatella, N. and K. M. Larson, Multipath mitigation techniques applied to 30-second GPS measurements.
Larson, K. M. and A. Miklius, Volcano monitoring using GPS: the 2007 Kilauea dike instrusion, for submission to J. Geophys. Res., draft
Larson, K.M. et al., More on Soil Moisture, Special issue of IEEE J-STARS, deadline January 31, 2009.

Submitted

Fukuda, J., K. Johnson, K. M. Larson, and S. Miyazaki, Friction parameters inferred from the early stages of afterslip following the 2003 Tokachi-oki earthquake, J. Geophys. Res. (pdf).

In press

Larson, K.M., E.E. Small, E. Gutmann, A. Bilich, J. Braun, V. Zavorotny, Use of GPS receivers as a soil moisture network for water cycle studies, Geophys. Res. Lett., accepted November 20, 2008, doi:10.1029/2008GL036013, (preprint).
Larson, K. M., GPS Seismology, J. Geodesy, special issue for the IGS, accepted April 24, 2008, (files), (pdf).

2008

Pedatella, N., J. Forbes, J. Lei, J. Thayer, and K. M. Larson, The influence of geomagnetic storms on the longitudinal structure of of the low-latitude ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A11315, doi:10.1029/2008JA013539.
Larson K. M. and S. Miyazaki, Resolving Static Offsets from High-Rate GPS Data: the 2003 Tokachi-oki earthquake, Earth, Planets, Space, 60, 801-808, 2008, (pdf), (files).
Larson, K. M., E. E. Small, E. Gutmann, A. Bilich, P. Axelrad, and J. Braun, Using GPS multipath to measure soil moisture fluctuations: initial results, GPS Solutions, Vol 12 (3), July, 2008, 173-177, doi:10.1007/s10291-007-0076-6, (pdf) (files).
Bilich, A., K. M. Larson and P. Axelrad, Modeling GPS Phase Multipath with SNR: Case study from Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B04401, doi:10.1029/2007JB005194, (pdf), (files)
Bilich, A., J. Cassidy, and K. M. Larson, GPS Seismology: Application to the 2002 Mw=7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake, BSSA, (pdf), (files), April 2008; v. 98; no. 2; p. 593-606; doi: 10.1785/0120070096.
Miyazaki, S. and K. M. Larson, Coseismic and early postseismic slip for the 2003 Tokachi-oki earthquake sequence inferred from GPS data, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 35, L04302, doi:10.1029/2007GL032309, (pdf), (files).
Khan, A., J. Wahr, E. Leuliette, T. van Dam, K. M. Larson, and O. Francis, Geodetic measurements of postglacial adjustments in Greenland, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 113, B02402, doi:10.1029/2007JB004956, 2008.

2007

Hartzell, S., P. Liu, C. Mendoza, C. Ji, and K. M. Larson, Stability and Uncertainty of Finite-Fault Slip Inversions: Application to the 2004 Parkfield, California, Earthquake, BSSA, v. 97; no. 6; p. 1911-1934; DOI: 10.1785/0120070080, 2007. (pdf).
Bilich, A. and K. M. Larson, Mapping the GPS Multipath Environment Using the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), Radio Science, 42, RS6003, doi:10.1029/2007RS003652. (pdf).
Larson, K. M., N. Ashby, C. Hackman, and W. Bertiger, An Assessment of Relativistic Effects for Low Earth Orbiters: the GRACE Satellites, Metrologia, 44, 484-490, doi:10.1088/0026-1394/44/6/007, (pdf), (figures)
Khan, A., J. Wahr, L. Stearns, G. Hamilton, T. van Dam, K. Larson, and O. Francis, Elastic uplift in southeast Greenland due to rapid ice mass loss, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L21701, doi:10.1029/2007GL031468., (pdf).
Minson, S.E., D. Dreger, R. Bürgmann, H. Kanamori, and K. Larson, Seismically and Geodetically determined nondouble-couple source mechanisms from the 2000 Miyakejima volcanic earthquake swarm, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B10308, doi:10.1029/2006JB004847, (pdf).
Liu, Y., J. Rice, and K. Larson, Seismicity variations associated with aseismic transients in Guerrero, Mexico, 1995-2006, Earth Plan. Sci. Lett, Vol. 262, 493-504, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.08.018, 2007, (pdf)
Larson, K. M., V. Kostoglodov, S. Miyazaki, and J. Santiago, An Aseismic Slow Slip Event in Guerrero, Mexico: new results from GPS, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 34, L13309, doi:10.1029/2007GL029912, (pdf), (GRL cover art), (files).
Emore, G., J. Haase, K. Choi, K. M. Larson, and A. Yamagiwa, Recovering absolute seismic displacements through combined use of 1-Hz GPS and strong motion accelerometers, BSSA, Vol 97:2, 357-378, doi:10.1785/0120060153, 2007, (pdf).
Larson, K., A. Bilich, and P. Axelrad, Improving the precision of high-rate GPS, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B05422, doi:10.1029/2006JB004367, 2007, (pdf), (figures).
Agnew, D. C. and K. M. Larson, Finding the Repeat Times of the GPS Constellation, GPS Solutions, published online September, 2006, doi:10.1007/s10291-006-0038-4, Vol 11(1), 2007. (pdf).

2006

Johnson, K., R. Bürgmann, and K. Larson, Frictional afterslip following the 2004 Parkfield, California earthquake, BSSA, Vol. 96:4b, S321, 2006, DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.77.4.491, (pdf).

2005

Plumb, J., K. Larson, J. White, and E. Powers, Absolute Calibration of a Geodetic Time-Transfer System, IEEE Trans. UFFC., Vol. 52, No. 11, 1904-1911,2005, (pdf).
Plumb, J. and K. Larson, Long-term Comparisons between Two Way Satellite and Geodetic Time Transfer Systems, IEEE Trans. UFFC., Vol. 52, No. 11, 1912-1918, 2005, (pdf). IEEE incorrectly printed Figure 12. This is what it should be; (files).
Franco, S. I., V. Kostoglodov, K. Larson, V. Manea, M. Manea, and J. Santiago, Propagation of the 2001-2002 silent earthquake and interplate coupling in the Oaxaca subduction zone, Mexico, Earth, Planets, Space, 57, 973-985, 2005. (pdf).

2004

Iglesias, A., S. Singh, A. Lowry, M. Santoyo, V. Kostoglodov, K. Larson, S.I. Franco Sanchez, and T. Mikumo, The silent earthquake of 2002 in the Guerrero seismic gap, Mexico (Mw=7.6): inversion of slip on the plate interface and some implications, (pdf), Geofisica Internacional, 43(3), 309-317, 2004.
Gomberg, J., P. Bodin, K. Larson, H. Dragert, Earthquakes nucleated by transient deformations - a fundamental process evident in observations surrounding the M7.9 Denali Fault Alaska Earthquake, Nature, 427, 621 - 624, (12 Feb 2004) (pdf), doi:10.1038/nature02335.
Larson, K., V. Kostoglodov, A. Lowry, W. Hutton, O. Sanchez, K. Hudnut, and G. Suarez, Crustal Deformation Measurements in Guerrero, Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 109, No. B4, B04409 10.1029/2003JB002843, (28 April 2004) pdf.
Yoshioka, S., T. Mikumo, V. Kostoglodov, K.M. Larson, A. Lowry, and S. K. Singh, Interplate coupling and a recent aseismic slow slip event in the Guerrero seismic gap of the Mexican subduction zone, as deduced from GPS data inversion using a Bayesian information criterion, Phys. Earth Planet, Vol. 146:3-4, 513-530, 2004 (pdf).
Ji, C., K. M. Larson, Y. Tan, K. Hudnut and K. Choi, Slip history of the 2003 San Simeon Earthquake constrained by combining 1-Hz GPS, strong motion, and teleseismic data, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 31, No.17, L17608, 10.1029/2004GL020448, 2004, (pdf).
Miyazaki, S., K. Larson, K. Choi, K. Hikima, K. Koketsu, P. Bodin, J. Haase, G. Emore, and A. Yamagiwa, Modeling the rupture process of the 2003 Tokachi-Oki earthquake using 1-Hz GPS data, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol.31,No.21,L21603, 2004, doi:10.1029/2004GL021457, (pdf).
Choi, K., A. Bilich, K. Larson, and P. Axelrad, Modified sidereal filtering: Implications for high-rate GPS positioning Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 31, No.22, L22608, 2004, doi:10.1029/2004GL021621, (pdf).

2003

Kostoglodov, V., S.K. Singh, J. A. Santiago, S. I. Franco, K. Larson, A. Lowry, and R. Bilham, A large silent earthquake in the Guerrero seismic gap, Mexico, Geophys. Res. Lett.. Vol. 30, No. 15, 1807, 10.1029/2003GL017219, 2003 (pdf).
Larson, K., P. Bodin, and J. Gomberg, Using 1 Hz GPS Data to Measure Deformations Caused by the Denali Fault Earthquake, Science, Vol. 300, 1421-1424, 2003, doi: 10.1126/science.1084531 reprint (pdf).
Online supplement can be downloaded directly from Science

2002

Tavernier G, L. Soudarin, K. Larson, C. Noll, J. Ries, and P. Willis, Current status of the DORIS Pilot Experiment and the future international DORIS Service, Adv. Space Res., 30(2), 151-156, 2002.
Larson, K., J. Plumb, J. Zwally, and W. Abdalati, Analysis of GPS Data Collected on the Greenland Ice Sheet, Polar Geography, Vol 25., No. 1, 22-40, 2002, DOI: 10.1126/science.1072708 (pdf), (figures).
Zwally, J., W. Abdalati, T. Herring, K. Larson, J. Saba, and K. Steffen, Surface Melt-Induced Acceleration of Greenland Ice-Sheet Flow, Science, 10.1126, 2002, Abstract, Goddard Press Release, the paper (pdf)

2001

Paul, J., R., Bürgmann, V. Gaur, R. Bilham, K. Larson, M. Anadna, S. Jade, M. Mukul, T. Anupama, G. Satyal, and D. Kumar, The Motion and Active Deformation of India, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 28, No. 04, 647-650, 2001.
van Dam, T., J. Wahr, P. C. D. Milly, A. B. Shmakin, G. Blewitt, D. Lavallee, and K. M. Larson, Crustal displacements due to continental water loading, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(4), 651-654, 10.1029/2000GL012120, 2001. (pdf).
Altamimi et al., The Terrestrial Reference Frame and the Dynamic Earth, EOS Trans AGU, 82(25), 273-379, 2001. (pdf)
Wahr, J., T. van Dam, K. Larson, and O. Francis, Geodetic Measurements in Greenland and Their Implications, J. Geophys. Res.,Vol. 106, 16,567-16,581, 10.1029/2001JB000211, 2001, (pdf).
Lowry, A., K. Larson, V. Kostoglodov, R. Bilham, Transient slip on the subduction interface in Guerrero, southern Mexico, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 28, No. 19, p. 3753 (2001GL013238), 2001 (pdf).
Larson, K., P. Cervelli, M. Lisowski, A. Miklius, P. Segall, and S. Owen, Volcano Monitoring using GPS I. Filtering Strategies, J. Geophys. Res.,Vol. 106, 19453-19464, 10.1029/2001JB000305, 2001 (pdf).
Wahr, J., T. van Dam, K. Larson, and O. Francis, GPS Measurements of Vertical Crustal Motion in Greenland, J. Geophys. Res., 106, No. D24, 33,755-33,760, 2001.
Wang Qi, Peizhen Zhang, J. Freymueller, R. Bilham, K. Larson, Xi'an Lai, Zhijun Niu, Xizhao You, Yanxin Li, Jingnan Liu, Zhiqiang Yang, and Qizhi Chen, Present-day crustal deformation in China constrained by GPS measurements, Science, Vol. 294, 574-577, 2001 (pdf).

2000

Bendick, R., R. Bilham, J. Freymueller, K. Larson, and G. Yin, Geodetic Estimate for a Low Slip-Rate on the Altyn Tagh Fault and Constraints on Asian Deformation, Nature, Vol. 404, 69-72, 2000.
Larson, K., J. Levine, L. Nelson, and T. Parker, Assessment of GPS Carrier-Phase Stability for Time-Transfer Applications, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferreoelectronics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 47 (2), 484-494, 2000. (figures).
van Dam, T., K. Larson, J. Wahr, O. Francis, and S. Gross, Using GPS and Gravity to Infer Ice Mass Changes in Greenland, EOS, Vol. 81, No. 37, 421-427, 2000.
Larson, K. and T. van Dam, Measuring Postglacial Rebound with GPS and Absolute Gravity, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 27, 3925-3928, 2000. (pdf).

1999

Larson, K.M., R. Bürgmann, R. Bilham, J. Freymueller, Kinematics of the India-Eurasia collision zone from GPS measurements, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 104, 1077-1094, 10.1029/1998JB900043, 1999.
Larson, K.M. and J. Levine, Carrier Phase Time Transfer, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 46, 1001-1012, 1999 (figures).
Bilham, R., R. Bendick, K. Larson, J. Braun, S. Tesfaye, P. Mohr, and L. Asfaw, Secular and Tidal Strain across the Ethiopian rift, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 26 (18), 2789-2792, 1999.

1998

Larson, K.M., and J. Levine, Time Transfer using the Phase of the GPS Carrier, IEEE Trans. on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectronics, and Frequency Control, Vol 45, No. 3, 539-540, May 1998.
Schenewerk, M., T. vanDam, G. Sasagawa, S. Philipsen, and K. Larson, A detailed analysis of tropospheric effects on geodetic observations at TMGO, Phys. Chem. Earth, Vol 23, No. 1, 103-106, 1998.

1997

Bilham, R., K. Larson, J. Freymueller, and Project Idylhim, GPS measurements of present-day convergence across the Nepal Himalaya, Nature, Vol. 336, 61-64, 1997.
Larson, K.M., J. Freymueller, and S. Philipsen, Global Plate Velocities from the Global Positioning System, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 102, 9961-9982, 10.1029/97JB00514, 1997.

1996

Freymueller, J., R. Bilham, R. Bürgmann, K. Larson, J. Paul, S. Jade, and V. Gaur, Global Positioning System measurements of Indian plate motion and convergence across the lesser Himalaya, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 23, 3107-3110, 1996.

1995

Larson, K.M. and J. Freymueller, Relative motions of the Australian, Pacific, and Antarctic plates using the Global Positioning System, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 22, No. 1, 37-40, 1995.
Larson, K.M., Crustal Deformation, in U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994, Reviews of Geophysics Supplement, 371-377, July 1, 1995.

1994

Larson, K.M. and M. Lisowski, Strain accumulation in the Shumagin Islands: Results of initial GPS measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 21, 489-492, 1994.

1993

Larson, K.M., Application of the Global Positioning System to Crustal Deformation Measurements: Part III, Results from the Southern California Borderlands, J. Geophys. Res.,98, 21,713-21,726, 1993.
Feigl, K., D. Agnew, Y. Bock, A. Donnellan, B. Hager, T. Herring, D. Jackson, T. Jordan, R. King, S. Larsen, K. Larson, M. Murray, Z. Shen, and F. Webb, Space geodetic measurement of crustal deformation in central and southern California, 1984- 1992, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 21,677-21,712, 1993.

1992

Larson, K.M.and F.H. Webb, Active Deformation in the Santa Barbara Channel Inferred from GPS Measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett.,19, 1491-1494, 1992.

1991

Larson, K.M, and D.C. Agnew, Application of the Global Positioning System to Crustal Deformation Measurements: Part I, Precision and Accuracy, J. Geophys. Res.,96, 16,547-16,566, 1991.
Larson, K.M., F.H.Webb, and D.C. Agnew, Application of the Global Positioning System to Crustal Deformation Measurements: Part II, the Influence of Orbit Determination Networks, J. Geophys.Res.,96, 16,567-16,584, 1991.

1990

Dixon, T., G. Blewitt, K. Larson, D. Agnew, B. Hager, P. Kroger, L. Skrumeda, and W. Strange, GPS Measurements of Regional Deformation in Southern California, Some Constraints on Performance, EOS, Vol. 17, No. 35, pp 1051-1058, 1990.
Larson, K.M., Evaluation of GPS Estimates of Relative Positions from Central California, 1986-1988, Geophys. Res. Lett.,Vol. 17, No. 12, 2344-2436, 1990.

Lost in Limbo

Clinton, J., K. M. Larson, A. Bilich, K. Koketsu, Y. Yokota, and J. Haase, High-Rate GPS: When Is It Useful? for Seism. Res. Letters.
Montgomery-Brown et al., Spatio-temporal distribution of dike opening during the 2007 intrusion at Kilauea volcano, for submission to Geophys. Res. Lett.

Unpublished Manuscripts

Lowry, A., K. Larson, V. Kostoglodov, and O. Sanchez, The fault slip budget in Guerrero, southern Mexico, submitted and rejected twice by GJI, (pdf).
Ji, C., K. Larson, K. Choi, N. King, K. Hudnut, and A. Bilich, Co-seismic slip history of the 2004 Parkfield, California earthquake, finished but never submitted anywhere (doc).

Unrefereed Manuscripts

Axelrad and Larson, Inside GNSS article on GPS satellite geometry repeats
Some older Larson authored timing papers can be found here
More recent Plumb authored timing papers can be found here
Bilich, A., K. Larson, and P. Axelrad, Observations of Signal-to-Noise Ratios (SNR) at Geodetic Site CASA: Implications for Phase Multipath, ECGS Proceedings (pdf).
Axelrad, P., K. Larson, and B. Jones, Use of the Correct Satellite Repeat Period to Characterize and Reduce Site-Specific Multipath Errors, Proc. of ION GNSS 2005, Long Beach, CA, 2638-2648. (pdf).
Bilich, A, P. Axelrad, and K. Larson, Scientific Utility of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) Reported by Geodetic GPS Receivers, (PDF).

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