LOTOS, code for non-linear local earthquake tomographic inversion (version 12)

created by Ivan Koulakov (IPGG, SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia)

e-mail: KoulakovIY@ipgg.nsc.ru


A tomographic algorithm, LOTOS (Local Tomography Software) is designed for simultaneous inversion for P and S velocity structures (or Vp and Vp/Vs ratio) and source coordinates. The LOTOS algorithm can be directly applied to very different data sets without complicated tuning of parameters. It has a quite wide range of possibilities for performing different test and is quite easy to operate. LOTOS code with all original FORTRAN sources can be freely downloaded from this site.

Both WINDOWS and LINUX versions of the LOTOS code are available. All the original FORTRAN sorce codes, as well as make-files with the list of all subroutines required to re-compile the programs, are available. The LINUX version includes GMT scripts for automatic visualization of the results. The WINDOWS version automatically generates PNG pictures of all inversion steps for previewing.

 

Files to download:

1. ZIPPED file with the WINDOWS version of the LOTOS-12 code with FORTRAN source codes and make-files (originally in Intel Fortran). This file includes all the file structure required for calculations and several examples of datasets: lotos_12_release.zip (20 856 Kb)

2. ZIPPED file with the LINUX version of the LOTOS-11 code with FORTRAN source codes and make-files: lotos_12_linux_release.zip (2 667Kb)

3. Detailed description of the LOTOS-12 code, version of December 2012: lotos_12_12_2012.pdf (1 176 Kb)

4. Manual "Quick Start" with easy instructions how to start working with the WINDOWS version of the LOTOS-12 code. A lot of different data examples are presented: quick_start_lotos_12.pdf (1 158Kb)

5. A very useful presentation with the main steps of preparing the data for LOTOS and description of the major calculation steps: lotos_workflow.pdf (974 Kb)

6. A presentation with the main steps of building a synthetic model in Cartesian coordinates: build_xyz_model.pdf (974 Kb)

7. Several examples of data conversion from popular formats (simulps, seisan etc) to the input files of LOTOS: data_convertors.zip (5 298 Kb) and the description of the convertors: readme_data_convertors.pdf (4 698Kb)

8. Examples of PNG bitmap pictures with the results for the testing datasets, png_pictures.zip (49 517 Kb)

Previous versions of the LOTOS code (only WINDOWS):

LOTOS_09

LOTOS_07

When using the code, or any part of it, or any part of the text in the manual, please refer to the following paper:

Koulakov I., 2009, LOTOS code for local earthquake tomographic inversion. Benchmarks for testing tomographic algorithms, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 99, No. 1, pp. 194-214, doi: 10.1785/0120080013

The author will appreciate any information about using the LOTOS-12 code for observed data processing. He is available for giving more detailed lessons about using the code and advices for specific cases.

In case of any unconsistencies, errors, unclear issues and other problems, please do not hesitate to contact the author, Ivan Koulakov, e-mail: KoulakovIY@ipgg.nsc.ru