Statistical analysis of noise horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios (HVSR)

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1779-1786

  Picozzi, Matteo ^a   Parolai, Stefano ^b   Albarello, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIOS (HVSR); SEISMIC NOISE; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA PROCESSING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 28144451138     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040152     Document Type: Article

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