Processing of strong-motion accelerograms: Needs, options and consequences

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-115

  Boore, David M ^a   Bommer, Julian J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baseline adjustments; Filters; Instrument corrections; Signal to noise ratios; Strong motion accelerograms

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ACCLEROGRAMS; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND-MOTION SIGNALS; SEISMIC DESIGN;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA PROCESSING; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GROUND MOTION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STRONG MOTION;

EID: 13644283118     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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