Robust TIR satellite techniques for monitoring earthquake active regions: Limits, main achievements and perspectives

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 303-317

  Aliano, Carolina ^a   Corrado, Rosita ^a   Filizzola, Carolina ^b   Genzano, Nicola ^a   Pergola, Nicola ^a,b   Tramutoli, Valerio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake; GeoSTAR; Hector Mine; Izmit; RST; Satellite thermal infrared

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EARTHQUAKE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; HECTOR MINE; IZMIT; KOCAELI [TURKEY]; NORTH AMERICA; TURKEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62549142244     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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