A Comparison of seismic instrument noise coherence analysis techniques

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 558-567

  Ringler, A T ^a   Hutt, C R ^a   Evans, J R ^b   Sandoval, L D ^c,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c HONEYWELL   (United States)

^d Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND NOISE; COHERENCE ANALYSIS; COHERENCE METHODS; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; INCOHERENT NOISE; MISALIGNMENT ERRORS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SEISMIC INSTRUMENTS; SENSOR LOCATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SIMILAR MODELS; TEST CONDITION; TEST CONFIGURATIONS; TIMING ERRORS;

INSTRUMENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEISMOLOGY; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

INSTRUMENT ERRORS;

AMBIENT NOISE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMOGRAPH; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 79953035676     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100182     Document Type: Article

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