Using beamforming for the global network location

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-83

  Pinsky, V ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Earthquake; Grid search; International Seismological Center; Location; M estimate, semblance; Optimization; Robust; Seismograph network

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; SEISMOGRAPHS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GRID-SEARCH; INTERNATIONAL SEISMOLOGICAL CENTRE (ISC); NETWORK BEAMFORMING TECHNIQUE; SEISMOGRAPH NETWORK;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

ALGORITHM; ARRIVAL TIME; EARTH STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; OPTIMIZATION; SEISMOGRAPH;

EID: 33748180620     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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