On the estimation of seismic intensity in earthquake early warning systems

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Yamamoto, Shunroku ^a   Rydelek, Paul ^a   Horiuchi, Shigeki ^a   Wu, Changjiang ^a   Nakamura, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SHEAR WAVES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVES;

(001) PARAMETER; AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; EARLY STAGES; EARLY WARNING; EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; FAULT RUPTURES; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND SHAKING; HYPOCENTRAL LOCATIONS; S-WAVES; SEISMIC INTENSITY; WAVE DATA;

SEISMOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND MOTION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 45549095493     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033034     Document Type: Article

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