Evaluation of the influence of experimental conditions on H/V results from ambient noise recordings

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-74

  Chatelain, Jean Luc ^a   Guillier, Bertrand ^a   Cara, Fabrizio ^b   Duval, Anne Marie ^c   Atakan, Kuvvet ^d   Bard, Pierre Yves ^a   Azzara, R ^e   Bonnefoy Claudet, S ^e   Borges, A ^e   Sorensen, M Bottger ^e   Cultrera, G ^e   Di Giulio, G ^e   Dunand, F ^e   Fah D ^f   Gueguen Ph ^e   Ripperger, J ^f   Costa, P Teves ^e   Vassiliades, J F ^e   Vidal, S ^e   Wassner, J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CETE   (France)

^d UiB   (Norway)

^e LCPC LGIT ^*

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Field conditions; Measurements; Microtremor; Site effects

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FIELD CONDITIONS; MICROTREMOR; SITE EFFECTS;

AUDIO RECORDINGS;

AMBIENT NOISE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROTREMOR; RECORD; SEISMIC SURVEY; SITE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 43449100709     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-007-9040-7     Document Type: Article

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