Assessing the potential of thermal infrared satellite surveys for monitoring seismically active areas: The case of Kocaeli (İzmit) earthquake, August 17, 1999

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 409-426

  Tramutoli, V ^a   Cuomo, V ^b   Filizzola, C ^b   Pergola, N ^b   Pietrapertosa, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Earthquake; Kocaeli zmit; Meteosat; MSG; North Anatolian fault; SEVIRI; Thermal anomalies; Thermal infrared satellite

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EARTH (PLANET); EARTHQUAKES; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED RADIATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SATELLITE VIEW ANGLE; SIGNAL FLUCTUATIONS; SIGNAL TRANSIENTS; THERMAL INFRARED SPECTRAL RANGE (TIR);

REMOTE SENSING;

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; INFRARED IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SEISMICITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KOCAELI; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 21444457109     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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