Noise in GPS displacement measurements from Southern California and Southern Nevada

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Langbein, John ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN METHOD; GPS; MARKOV CHAIN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; POWER LAW; RANDOM WALK METHOD; SEISMIC NOISE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50649117459     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005247     Document Type: Article

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