Earthquake early warning system in southern Italy: Methodologies and performance evaluation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Zollo, A ^a   Iannaccone, G ^b   Lancieri, M ^b   Cantore, L ^a,c   Convertito, V ^b   Emolo, A ^a   Festa, G ^a   Gallovic F ^a,d   Vassallo, M ^a,c   Martino, C ^a,c   Satriano, C ^a,c   Gasparini, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^c Ctro Regionale di Competenza Analisi e Monitoraggio del Rischio Ambientale of the Campania district   (Italy)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APENNINES; EARLY WARNING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING; FAULTING PROCESS; GROUND MOTIONS; LEADTIME; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PREDICTION ERRORS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; REGIONAL MAPS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SOUTHERN ITALY; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME HISTORY; TIME INTERVAL;

ALARM SYSTEMS; EARTHQUAKES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEISMIC WAVES;

AZIMUTH; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAULTING; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; S-WAVE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 65649146807     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036689     Document Type: Article

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