GPS-based monitoring of land subsidence in the Po Plain (Northern Italy)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 204-212

  Baldi, P ^a   Casula, G ^b   Cenni, N ^a   Loddo, F ^b   Pesci, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

GPS; noise model; Po Plain; subsidence

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; COMMERCIAL INSTALLATION; GPS; ITALIAN PENINSULA; LAND SUBSIDENCE; LOCAL NETWORKS; NOISE CHARACTERISTIC; NOISE MODEL; NORTHERN ITALY; PERIODIC SIGNAL; PO PLAIN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TIME SPAN; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADAR ANTENNAS; SUBSIDENCE; TIME SERIES;

LANDFORMS;

GEODESY; GPS; MODELING; NOISE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBSIDENCE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO PLAIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350752283     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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