Numerical Verification Criteria for Coseismic and Postseismic Crustal Deformation Analysis with Large-scale High-fidelity Model

Abstract

Numerical verification of postseismic crustal deformation analysis, computed using a large-scale finite element simulation, was carried out, by proposing new criteria that consider the characteristics of the target phenomenon. Specifically, pointwise displacement was used in the verification. In addition, the accuracy of the numerical solution was explicitly shown by considering the observation error of the data used for validation. The computational resource required for each analysis implies that high- performance computing techniques are necessary to obtain a verified numerical solution of crustal de- formation analysis for the Japanese Islands. Such verification in crustal deformation simulations should take on greater importance in the future, since continuous improvement in the quality and quantity of crustal deformation data is expected.