Earthquake Early Warning Technology Progress in Taiwan

Journal of Disaster Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 530-538

  Wen, Kuo Liang ^a,b,c   Shin, Tzay Chyn ^d   Wu, Yih Min ^e   Hsiao, Nai Chi ^d   Wu, Bing Ru ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER FOR DISASTER REDUCTION   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^d CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

early warning; earthquake; ground motion; P wave

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

DENSE REAL-TIME; EARLY WARNING; EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING; EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; EARTHQUAKE MONITORING; GROUND-MOTION; P WAVES; TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS; WARNING MESSAGES; WARNING TECHNOLOGIES;

SEISMIC WAVES;

EID: 79953058964     PISSN: 18812473     EISSN: 18838030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jdr.2009.p0202     Document Type: Article

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