The classification of seismo-volcanic signals using Hidden Markov Models as applied to the Stromboli and Etna volcanoes

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 218-226

  Ibáñez, Jesús M ^a   Benítez, Carmen ^b   Gutiérrez, Ligdamis A ^b   Cortés, Guillermo ^b   García Yeguas, Araceli ^a   Alguacil, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria Informatica C Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda   (Spain)

Author keywords

automatic classification; seismic monitoring; volcanic tremor; volcano seismology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE VOLCANOES; AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; DATA SETS; FIELD SURVEYS; METHOD ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; SEGMENTATION PROCESS; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC MONITORING; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC SIGNALS; TRAINING PROCESS; VOLCANIC TREMOR;

AUTOMATIC INDEXING; OBJECT RECOGNITION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL TESTS; VOLCANOES;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS;

CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MARKOV CHAIN; MICROTREMOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEGMENTATION; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOLOGY; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STROMBOLI;

EID: 70350377797     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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