Acta Geophysica - Editor's pick

Acta Geophysica is very pleased to be able to present the "Editor's pick". The articles get chosen on the recommendations received by the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Editors-in-Chief based on the number of citations, timeliness and peak topics, and number of reads:

Oblique plate convergence along arcuate trenches on a spherical Earth. An example from the Western Sunda Arc
Marco Guzmán-Speziale 
Published: 04 September 2023

Anisotropic elastic least-squares reverse time migration with density variations in vertical transverse isotropic media
Yu Zhong, Hanming Gu, Yangting Liu, Xia Luo, Qinghui Mao & Kai Xu 
Published: 12 May 2023

Laboratory study of the effects of terrestrial coastal forests on the absorption of solitary wave force
Golnaz Mirzakhani, Elham Ghanbari-Adivi & Rohollah Fattahi 
Published: 22 February 2023

Verification of a global weather forecasting system for decision-making in farming over Africa
Stergios Kartsios, Ioannis Pytharoulis, Theodore Karacostas, Vasileios Pavlidis & Eleni Katragkou
Published: 20 July 2023

Previous picks (Content will be available for free (if not OA) only temporary):

Seismo ionospheric anomalies related to the Mw 7.5, Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia earthquake
Kevser Koklu 
Published: 30 August 2023

Identifying the potash reservoirs from seismic data by using convolution neural network, constrained by the waveform characteristics of potash reservoirs
Lei Zhu, Fanchang Zhang, Xunyong Xu & Wanglin Xu 
Published: 14 March 2023

Semi-theoretical model for mean sediment resting time of spherical particles: The role of hydrodynamic impulses and sphere size nonuniformity
Micah A. Wyssmann, Athanasios N. Papanicolaou & Theodoros Kyriakopoulos
Published: 21 January 2023

Socio-economic driving forces of land use/cover changes in the semi-arid Harran plain and their probable implications on arising groundwater level, the GAP Area of southeastern Türkiye
Abdullah İzzeddin Karabulut, Benan Yazıcı Karabulut, Ayşegül Demir Yetiş, Mehmet İrfan Yeşilnacar & Perihan Derin
Published: 11 August 2023

The capability of NOTHAS in the prediction of extreme weather events across different climatic areas
Vlado Spiridonov, Marija Grcić, Nedim Sladić, Mladjen Ćurić & Boro Jakimovski
Published: 13 June 2023      

Scaling and memory in seismological phenomena
Sumiyoshi Abe & Norikazu Suzuki 
Published: 5 June 2023

Application of Grey Wolf Optimizer to Develop New Global GMPE for Estimating Peak Ground Acceleration
Babak Karimi Ghalehjough & Saeid Agahian 
Published: 2 February 2023

A review of the state of research on bridge pier scour under combined action of waves and current    
Lalit Kumar & Mohammad Saud Afzal 
Published: 21 December 2022

Spatiotemporal analysis of Imja Lake to estimate the downstream flood hazard using the SHIVEK approach
Vivek Gupta, Shivukumar Rakkasagi, Shivam Rajpoot, Hajar Saad El Imanni & Shivam Singh 
Published: 17 June 2023

Atmospheric in situ gamma-ray spectrometry for precipitation investigation
Dionisis Patiris, Christos Tsabaris, Katerina Livanou, Spyridoula Konstantina Roumelioti & Stylianos Alexakis 
Published: 5 May 2023     

Earthquake network construction models: from Abe-Suzuki to a multiplex approach
Nastaran Lotfi
Published: 31 January 2023

Recent Euler pole parameters and relative velocities of the Nubia–Eurasia and Nubia–South America plates estimated using GPS technique
Saddam Housseyn Allal, Said Eladj, Hicham Dekkiche, Kamel Hasni & Younes Ahmed Betchim 
Published: 10 February 2023

Correlation and interpretation of thermal properties of volcanic rocks from Austria
Nina Gegenhuber & Florian Dertnig 
Published: 08 December 2022

Assessment of the WRF model in simulating a catastrophic flash flood
Vlado Spiridonov, Mladjen Ćurić, Marija Grčić, Boro Jakimovski & Milosh Spasovski 
Published: 12 February 2023

Analysis of recent airborne gravity and magnetic data for the interpretation of basement structures underneath the south–western Benue trough using source edge detector filters
Mukaila Abdullahi, Raj Kumar, Bello Yusuf Idi, Upendra Kumar Singh & Adamu Usman Abba 
Published: 08 March 2023

Temporal variation of seismic b-value in the Himalayas and foreland region and its implications on crustal stress variability
Monisha Chetia, Priti Rekha Gogoi & Siddhartha Kumar Lahiri 
Published: 22 December 2022

Toponyms: a neglected asset within the water framework and flood directives implementation process; the case study of Greece
Charalampos Skoulikaris 
Published: 18 November 2022

Research on landslide hazard assessment in data-deficient areas: a case study of Tumen City, China
Xia Li, Jiulong Cheng, Dehao Yu & Yangchun Han 
Published: 24 April 2023

Lightning forcing of tornado
Prabhat Kumar 
Published: 04 March 2023

Earthquake source parameters estimated from high-rate multi-GNSS data: a case study of the 2022 M6.9 Menyuan earthquake
Xuechuan Li, Changyun Chen, Hongbao Liang, Yu Li & Wei Zhan
Published: 23 December 2022

Assessment of rock geomechanical properties and estimation of wave velocities
Shaoqiang Guo, Yao Zhang, Amin Iraji, Hoorman Gharavi & Ahmed Farouk Deifalla
Published: 21 December 2022

Snow water equivalent prediction in a mountainous area using hybrid bagging machine learning approaches
Khabat Khosravi, Ali Golkarian, Ebrahim Omidvar, Javad Hatamiafkoueieh & Masoud Shirali
Published: 26 October 2022

Effect of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on air pollution at a local scale in urban areas affected by high-intensity vehicle traffic in Poland
Beata Górka-Kostrubiec & Katarzyna Dudzisz
Published: 30 December 2022

Slip deformation along the Gyaring Co fault from InSAR and GPS
Qingyun Zhang, Yongsheng Li, Jingfa Zhang, Yunfeng Tian, Tian Tian & Bingquan Li 
Published: 21 September 2022

Seismological footprint of an anomalous atmospheric activity registered in March 2021, in Baja California, Mexico
Hortencia Flores-Estrella, Lenin Ávila-Barrientos & Hector Gonzalez-Huizar 
Published: 12 October 2022

Flow resistance evaluation based on three morphological patterns in step-pool streams
Ming Luo, Xufeng Yan & Er Huang 
Published: 20 July 2022

Analyzing trend and forecast of rainfall and temperature in Valmiki Tiger Reserve, India, using non-parametric test and random forest machine learning algorithm
Roshani, Haroon Sajjad, Tamal Kanti Saha, Md Hibjur Rahaman, Md Masroor, Yatendra Sharma & Swades Pal 
Published: 02 December 2022

An updated version of the ETAS model based on multiple change points detection
Amel Benali, Jiancang Zhuang & Abdelhak Talbi 
Published: 18 August 2022

A review on the use of geoelectrical methods for characterization and monitoring of contaminant plumes
Oluseun Adetola Sanuade, Kolawole Isaac Arowoogun & Joel Olayide Amosun
Published: 23 July 2022

Changes in air quality during and after large-scale social restriction periods in Jakarta city, Indonesia
Muhammad Rendana, Wan Mohd Razi Idris & Sahibin Abdul Rahim 
Published: 26 July 2022

Crustal velocity structure in Borneo Island using receiver function inversion
Syuhada Syuhada, Bayu Pranata, Titi Anggono, Mohamad Ramdhan, Zulfakriza Zulfakriza, Febty Febriani, Aditya D. Prasetio, Cinantya N. Dewi, Mohammad Hasib & Albertus Sulaiman
Published: 26 July 2022

The 2020 Perachora peninsula earthquake sequence (Εast Corinth Rift, Greece): spatiotemporal evolution and implications for the triggering mechanism
Georgios Michas, Vasilis Kapetanidis, Ioannis Spingos, George Kaviris & Filippos Vallianatos 
Published: 11 August 2022

Gravity inversion of basement relief using imperialist competitive algorithm with hybrid techniques
Amir Joolaei, Alireza Arab-Amiri & Ali Nejati 
Published: 15 July 2021

Support Vector Regression model to predict TEC for GNSS signals
Kondaveeti Sivakrishna, Devanaboyina Venkata Ratnam & Gampala Sivavaraprasad 
Published: 04 November 2022

Geological mapping using extreme gradient boosting and the deep neural networks: application to silet area, central Hoggar, Algeria
Abderrahmane Aref Elbegue, Karim Allek & Hocine Zeghouane
Published: 11 June 2022

Evaluating lateral riverbank erosion with sediment yield through integrated model in lower Gangetic floodplain, India
Arnab Ghosh, Malabika Biswas Roy & Pankaj Kumar Roy
Published: 22 June 2022

The effect of climate warming on the seasonal variation of mortality in European countries
Michail Prevezanos, Alexios Benos, Nikolaos Zoumakis & Nikolaos Papadakis
Published: 27 May 2022

Tuzla earthquake swarm in Turkey
Tolga Komut & Riza Baysal
Published: 23 May 2022

3D subsoil reconstruction of a mud volcano in central Sicily by means of geophysical surveys
Sabrina Grassi, Giorgio De Guidi, Graziano Patti, Fabio Brighenti, Francesco Carnemolla & Sebastiano Imposa
Published: 21 April 2022

Evaluation of the effects of land-use change and increasing deforestation in the Sapanca Basin on total suspended solids (TSS) movement with predictive models
Temel Temiz, Osman Sonmez, Emrah Dogan, Adnan Oner & Mücahit Opan
Published: 20 April 2022

Local modeling of weighted mean temperature in Iran and its impact on GNSS meteorology
Hassan Rahimi, Jamal Asgari & Vahab Nafisi
Published: 9 May 2022

Detection of seismic quiescences before 1991 Uttarkashi (Mw 6.8) and 1999 Chamoli Mw (6.6) earthquakes and its implications for stress change sensor
Prasanta Chingtham & Babita Sharma
Published: 12 March 2022 

Crustal thickness and structural pattern evaluation of Sinai Peninsula using three-dimensional density modeling with aeromagnetic and earthquake data
Gaber M. Gaber, Salah Saleh & Mostafa Toni
Published: 10 March 2022

Impact assessment of vegetation loss on the ecosystem functions in a semiarid watershed in Iran
Ardavan Zarandian, Majid Ramezani Mehrian & Fatemeh Mohammadyari
Published: 04 February 2022

Flow structure investigation over a pool-riffle sequence in a variable width river
Ehsan Shahiri Tabarestani, Hossein Afzalimehr & Quoc Bao Pham
Published: 02 February 2022

An investigation into the role of synoptic conditions on Central African precipitation variability
Sinclaire Zebaze, Raju Pathak, A. J. Komkoua Mbienda, Wilfried Pokam Mba, Popat Salunke, Abhishek Anand, Derbetini Appolinaire Vondou, André Lenouo & Saroj Kanta Mishra
Published: 18 March 2022

Spatial analysis of b-value variability in Elazig city and the surrounding area (Eastern Turkey)
Gulten Polat
Published: 19 November 2021

Estimation of dynamic properties of sandstones based on index properties using artificial neural network and multivariate linear regression methods
Alizadeh, S.M., Iraji, A., Tabasi, S. et al. 
Published: 11 January 2022

Environmental monitoring to assess ground water quality and its impact on soils in southwestern India
Sandhu, R.S., Sehgal, S.K., Amrit, K. et al
Published: 7 January 2022

Validation of CHIRPS satellite-based precipitation data against the in situ observations using the Copula method: a case study of Kosar Dam basin, Iran
Mokhtari, S., Sharafati, A. & Raziei, T. 
Published: 27 October 2021

Crustal structure and magmatic system of Isla Socorro (Eastern Pacific Ocean), derived from the interpretation of geological–geophysical data
Tapia, C., Yutsis, V. & Varley, N.
Published: 21 September 2021

Seismic fault detection with progressive transfer learning
Zhou, R., Yao, X., Wang, Y. et al.
Published: 21 September 2021

Research on application of ground penetrating radar array method based on plane beam signal in different geological models
Cui, F., Chen, Y., Zhang, Y. et al. 
Published: 13 October 2021

Analyzing dynamic behavior of land use and land surface temperature in the city of Imphal, India
Neog, R.
Published: 30 September 2021

Depositional styles and adjustment of channel cross-sections in a seasonal deltaic system: a large-scale physical experiment
Luo, Y., Zhang, H. & Zhu, S. 
Published: 29 October 2021

Application of residual learning to microseismic random noise attenuation
Zheng, J., Jiang, T., Wu, Z. et al. 
Published: 28 April 2021

Estimation of lateral correlation length from deep seismic reflection profile based on stochastic model
Yong, F., Lu, Q., Feng, J. et al.
Published: 24 June 2021

Two-dimensional turbulent burst examination and angle ratio utilization to detect scouring/sedimentation around mid-channel bar
Khan, M., Sharma, N., Pu, J. et al.
Published: 20 May 2021

Analysis of the Z-R relationship using X-Band weather radar measurements in the area of Athens
Pappa, A., Bournas, A., Lagouvardos, K. et al. 
Published: 11 June 2021

Crustal deformation characteristics in the southwest segment of the Longmenshan structural belt before Lushan Mw6.6 earthquake and seismogenic structural model
Xu, D., Li, S., Ta, L. et al. 
Published: 25 August 2021

Global stochastic seismic inversion using turning bands simulation and co-simulation
Sadeghi, M., Amini, N., Falahat, R. et al. 
Published: 16 August 2021

Analysis of the transient flow of non-Newtonian power-law fluids in homogeneous reservoirs with the elastic outer boundary
Zhao, C., Min, C. 
Published: 31 July 2021

Role and response of ocean–atmosphere interactions during Amphan (2020) super cyclone
Vissa, N.K., Anandh, P.C., Gulakaram, V.S. et al. 
Published: 21 September 2021

Forecastability of a heavy precipitation event at different lead-times using WRF model: the case study in Karkheh River basin
Maddah, M.A., Akhoond-Ali, A.M., Ahmadi, F. et al. 
Published: 08 September 2021

Landslide susceptibility mapping and hazard assessment in Artvin (Turkey) using frequency ratio and modified information value model
Halikl Akinci & Ayse Yavuz Ozalp
Published: 27 April 2021

Machine-learning-based prediction of regularization parameters for seismic inverse problems
Shihuan Liu & Jiashu Zhang
Published: 27 March 2021

Using total variation method to estimate the permeability model of a gas-fingering area in an Iranian carbonate reservoir
Mohammed Hosseini
Published: 1 April 2021

Application of entropy weighting method for urban food hazard mapping
Hossein Malekinezhad et al.
Published: 3 May 2021

Application of habitat modification score and fluvial functioning index in discussion of eco-hydrological behavior and flood risk zonation of Himalayan foothill rivers, West Bengal, India
Puja Banerjee & Mery Biswas
Published: 15 April 2021

Evaluation of different gridded precipitation products in trend analysis of precipitation features over Iran
Shahin Shobeiri, Ahmad Sharafati & Aminreza Neshat
Published: 28 May 2021

Co-seismic and post-seismic deformation, field observations and fault model of the 30 October 2020 Mw = 7.0 Samos earthquake, Aegean Sea
Athanassios Ganas et al.
Published: 11 May 2021

Target-oriented reverse time migration in transverse isotropy media 
Liwei Song et al.
Published: 4 February 2021

Monitoring forest landcover changes in the Eastern Sundarban of Bangladesh 
Mithun Kumar, Isamail Mondal & Quoc Bao Pham
Published: 18 February 2021

Deep learning for ionospheric TEC forecasting at mid-latitude stations in Turkey
Mustafa Ulukavak
Published: 3 April 2021

Simulation of the MW=7.9 Gulf of Alaska earthquake on January 23, 2018 by the stochastic finite fault modes
Li Qicheng, Yuan Shupeng & Zheng Xinjuan
Published: 17 March 2021

Application of electrical resistivity tomography for imaging sweater intrusion in a coastal aquifer
Bogdan Mihai Niculescu & Gina Andrei
Published: 21 January 2021

Prediction of the blast-induced ground vibration in tunnel blasting using ANN, moth-flame optimized ANN, and gene expression programming
Abiodun Ismail Lawal, Sangki Kwon & Geon Young Kim
Published: 5 January 2021

Temporal and spatial trend analysis of rainfall on Bhogavo River watersheds in Sabarmati lower basin of Gujarat, India
Pratik S. Patel, Shilpesh C. Rana & Geeta S. Joshi
Published: 3 January 2021

Broadcast ionospheric delay correction algorithm using reduced order adjusted spherical harmonics function for single-frequency GNSS receivers
M. S. R. Abhigna, M. Sridhar, P. Babu Sree Harsha, K. Siva Krishna & D. Venkata Ratnam
Published: 4 January 2021

An experimental study of the geometric performance of the hydrosuction dredging system
Atefeh Moghbeli, Mohammad Javad Khanjani & Mohammad Zounemat-Kermani
Published: 21 January 2021

Target-oriented reverse time migration in transverse isotropy media
Liwei Song, Ying Shi, Shumin Chen, Weihong Wang & Xuan Ke
Published: 4 February 2021

Influence of CO2–water–rock interactions on the fracture properties of sandstone from the Triassic Xujiahe Formation, Sichuan Basin
Hongfei Li, Lingzhi Xie, Li Ren, Bo He, Yang Liu, & Jun Liu
Published: 6 January 2021

Discrimination of earthquakes and quarries in the Edirne district (Turkey) and its vicinity by using a linear discriminate function method and artificial neural networks
Aylin Tan, Gündüz Horasan, Doğan Kalafat & Ali Gülbağ
Published: 3 January 2021

Performance evaluation of satellite precipitation estimation with ground monitoring stations over southern Himalayas in Bhutan
Kirtan Adhikari, Yeshi Choden, Tshering Cheki et al.
Published: 08 May 2020

Extracting mass concentration time series features for classification of indoor and outdoor atmospheric particulates
Lal Hussain, Wajid Aziz, Sharjil Saeed et al.
Published: 19 May 2020

Relationship between selected percentiles and return periods of extreme events
Dario Camuffo, Francesca Becherini & Antonio della Valle
Published: 10 June 2020

A note on the potential impact of aviation emissions on jet stream propagation over the northern hemisphere
Magdalena Kossakowska, Jacek W. Kaminski
Published: 29 May 2020 - Open Access

Space and time variability of meteorological drought in Syria
Safwan Mohammed, Karam Alsafadi, Talal Al-Awadhi et al. 
Published: 19 October 2020

Peak ground acceleration prediction by fuzzy logic modeling for Iranian plateau
Babak Karimi Ghalehjough & Reza Mahinroosta
Published: 16 December 2019

The seismogenic tectonic of Anchorage Mw7.0 Earthquake in Alaska, November, 30, 2018
Dongning Lei & Gang Yang
Published: 18 May 2020

The use of QLARM to estimate seismic risk in Kirghizstan at the regional and city scales
Philippe Rosset, Stavros Tolis & Max Wyss
Published: 6 June 2020

Relocation of the 2018 Zakynthos, Greece, aftershock sequence: spatiotemporal analysis deciphering mechanism diversity and aftershock statistics
V. Karakostas, A. Kostoglou, D. Chorozoglou & E. Papadimitriou
Published: 17 September 2020

A new mathematical model to calculate the equilibrium scour depth around a pier
Ainal Hoque Gazi & Mohammad Saud Afzal
Published: 04 November 2019

Mapping shoreline change using machine learning: a case study from the eastern Indian coast
Lalit Kumar, Mohammad Saud Afzal & Mohammad Mashhood Afzal
Published: 30 June 2020

Dynamics of thin disk settling in two-layered fluid with density transition
Magdalena M. Mrokowska
Published: 25 June 2020

River/stream water temperature forecasting using artificial intelligence models: a systematic review
Senlin Zhu & Adam P. Piotrowski
Published: 14 September 2020

Sea level prediction using climatic variables: a comparative study of SVM and hybrid wavelet SVM approaches
S. Sithara, S. K. Pramada & Santosh G. Thampi
Published: 29 September 2020

Photogrammetric reconstruction of changes in vertical river position using archival aerial photos: case study of the Czarny Dunajec River, Polish Carpathians
Maciej Hajdukiewicz, Bartłomiej Wyżga, Hanna Hajdukiewicz & Paweł Mikuś
Published: 24 May 2019 - Open Access

Effect of water–air heat transfer on the spread of thermal pollution in rivers
Monika Barbara Kalinowska
Published: 20 February 2019 - Open Access

A stem spacing-based non-dimensional model for predicting longitudinal dispersion in low-density emergent vegetation
F. Sonnenwald, V. Stovin & I. Guymer
Published: 01 November 2018 - Open Access

Developing nonlinear models for sediment load estimation in an irrigation canal
Fahad Ahmed, Muhammad Hassan & Hashim Nisar Hashmi
Published: 03 November 2018

A performance evaluation of neuro-fuzzy and regression methods in estimation of sediment load of selective rivers
J. Varvani & M. R. Khaleghi
Published: 26 November 2018