Maximum-Likelihood Method for Estimating Coda Q and the Nakagami-m Parameter

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3174-3182

  Nakahara, Hisashi ^a   Carcolé, Eduard ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INTRINSIC ABSORPTIONS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; MEAN VALUES; ML ESTIMATION; NAKAGAMI; NAKAGAMI-M DISTRIBUTION; NAKAGAMI-M PARAMETER; PARAMETER CHARACTERIZING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTIONS; SCATTERING ATTENUATION; SCINTILLATION INDEX; SEISMIC CODA; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SHAPE PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ESTIMATION; FADING (RADIO); FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SCINTILLATION; SEISMIC WAVES;

SEISMOLOGY;

CODA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; Q FACTOR; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 78650119202     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100030     Document Type: Article

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