3D Vs model of the South Island, New Zealand, from Bayesian ambient-noise tomography

This dataset contains (a) a 3D shear-wave velocity (Vs) model of the South Island, New Zealand, derived from variational Bayesian ambient-noise seismic tomography; and (b) inter-receiver Rayleigh- and Love-wave phase and group dispersion curves, derived from synchronous and asynchronous ambient-noise seismic interferometry. An ensemble of 10,000 model samples distributed according to the Bayesian posterior probability density, and the ensemble mean and standard deviation, are provided in HDF5 format. The dispersion-curve data is provided for 1 s period intervals between 5–30 s with associated standard deviation measurements. When using this dataset, please cite the following paper, currently in preparation (full citation details will be added upon publication): Smith, J.-A., Curtis, A., Lythgoe, K., Townend, J., & Zhao, X. (in prep). "Variational Bayesian Synchronous and Asynchronous Ambient-Noise Seismic Tomography of the South Island, New Zealand." Please refer to README.md for a full description of the data format and usage examples.