Bayesian networks for tsunami early warning

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1431-1443

  Blaser, L ^a   Ohrnberger, M ^a   Riggelsen, C ^a   Babeyko, A ^b   Scherbaum, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early warning; Indian Ocean; Probabilistic forecasting; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; EARLY WARNING; EARTHQUAKE SLIP DISTRIBUTION; INDIAN OCEAN; INPUT PARAMETER; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING; SEISMIC SOURCE; SUMATRA; THREAT ASSESSMENT; TSUNAMI WARNING; WARNING CENTERS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; EARTHQUAKES; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RATING; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

TSUNAMIS;

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; REAL TIME; SEISMIC SOURCE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TSUNAMI;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 79955989969     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05020.x     Document Type: Article

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