FEMTIC gives a three-dimensional electrical resistivity structure from the response functions at observation points on the Earth's surface. 

• Mesh type: Tetrahedral mesh / Hexahedral brick mesh / Non-conforming deformed hexahedral mesh

• Data type: Impedance tensor / Vertical magnetic transfer function / Inter-station horizontal magnetic transfer function / Phase tensor / Apparent resistivity & Phase

• Inversion algorithm: Model-space Gauss-Newton method / Data-space Gauss-Newton method

• Parallel computation: Multiple processes parallel computation with MPI / Multiple threads parallel computation with OpenMP / MPI & OpenMP hybrid parallel computation

• Model parameter: Subsurface electrical resistivity / Distortion matrix of galvanic distortion

• Regularization: L2 regularization with Laplacian filter / L2 regularization with difference filter /  L1 regularization with difference filter

Source codes, manuals, and sample input files of FEMTIC can be downloaded from the following GitHub repository.

github.com/yoshiya-usui/femtic.git 

v4.2 Mar. 25, 2024: I modified some parts to allow the use of large-scale models and large datasets.

v4.1 Nov. 9, 2021: This new version supports difference filter. The error calculation of log10(apparent resistivity) is modified. Rotation angles of distortion matrix are limited to from -90 to 90 (deg.) when gains and rotations of galvanic distortion are estimated.

v4.0 Jun. 3, 2021: This new version supports non-conforming deformed hexahedral mesh.

v3.5 Jan. 11, 2021: This new version supports observed data of apparent resistivity and phase and unsymmetric roughening matrix.

v3.4.7 Sep. 4, 2020: The integer indices into the multiple right-hand-side vectors and solution vectors were changed from 32-bit to 64-bit.

v3.4.6 Sep. 2, 2020: This version allows us to make resistivity of every individual subsurface element to be a different model parameter, in analogy with other 3-D inversion code.

Some pre/post-processing tools for FEMTIC, including meshing tools, and their manuals can be downloaded from GitHub. Results of FEMTIC can be visualized by ParaView.

makeDHexaMesh :  Tool for making non-conforming deformed hexahedral mesh for FEMTIC

makeTetraMesh : By using this tool, you can make a surface mesh for creating a tetrahedral mesh.

makeMtr : This tool output .mtr file of TetGen by reading node and .ele files of TetGen.

TetGen2Femtic : This program converts output files of TetGen to FEMTIC.

makeHexaMesh : Tool for making hexahedral brick mesh for FEMTIC

mergeResultOfFEMTIC : By this program, you can merge result files (.csv) of FEMTIC.

makeCutawayForGMT : By using this program, you can make a file needed to draw a cross-section of a resistivity structure by GMT.

changeResistivityForFemtic : By this program, you can change resistivity values of a specified area for sensitivity tests of FEMTIC inversion results

Sample input files of meshing tools can be downloaded from the web folder below.

drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eQsbADsvHQ3EvEQshbZhG9Pv57NLivkM?usp=sharing 

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• K. H. Tseng, Y. Ogawa, Nurhasan, S. B. Tank, N. Ujihara, Y. Honkura, A. Terada, Y. Usui and W. Kanda, Anatomy of active volcanic edifce at the Kusatsu–Shirane volcano, Japan, by magnetotellurics: hydrothermal implications for volcanic unrests, Earth Planets Space, 72:161, doi.org/10.1186/s40623-020-01283-2, 2020.

• W. Kanda, M. Utsugi, S. Takakura, and H. Inoue, Hydrothermal system of the active crater of Aso volcano (Japan) inferred from a three-dimensional resistivity structure model, Earth Planets Space, 71:37, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-019-1017-7, 2019.

• R. Yoshimura, Y. Ogawa, Y. Yukutake, W. Kanda, S. Komori, H. Hase, T. Goto, R. Honda, M. Harada, T. Yamazaki, M. Kamo, S. Kawasaki, T. Higa, T. Suzuki, Y. Yasuda, M. Tani and Y. Usui, Resistivity characterisation of Hakone volcano, Central Japan, by three-dimensional magnetotelluric inversion, Earth Planets Space, 70:66, doi.org/10.1186/s40623-018-0848-y, 2018.

• Usui, Y., Uyeshima, M., Hase, H., Ichihara, H., Aizawa, K., Koyama, T., et al. (2024). Three-dimensional electrical resistivity structure beneath a strain concentration area in the back-arc side of the northeastern Japan arc. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2023JB028522. http://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB028522