Automatic picker developments and optimization: A strategy for improving the performances of automatic phase pickers

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 541-554

  Vassallo, Maurizio ^a,b   Satriano, Claudio ^a,c   Lomax, Anthony ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Ctro Regionale di Competenza Analisi e Monitoraggio del Rischio Ambientale of the Campania district   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d ALomax Scientific   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DETECTION METHOD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVE; SIGNAL; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863562185     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.83.3.541     Document Type: Article

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