A new prototype system for earthquake early warning in Taiwan

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-208

  Hsiao, Nai Chi ^a   Wu, Yih Min ^b   Zhao, Li ^c   Chen, Da Yi ^a   Huang, Wei Ting ^b   Kuo, Kuan Hung ^a   Shin, Tzay Chyn ^a   Leu, Peih Lin ^a  

^a CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake early warning system; Earthworm system; Pd magnitude; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; EARLY WARNING; EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING; EARTHWORM SYSTEM; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEW SYSTEM; P-WAVE ARRIVAL; PD MAGNITUDE; PEAK AMPLITUDE; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; REAL TIME; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRONG-MOTION; TAIWAN;

LOCATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

ARRIVAL TIME; DISPLACEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMOGRAPH; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRONG MOTION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78649448276     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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