Rotational sensors-a comparison of different sensor types

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 595-602

  Bernauer, Felix ^a   Wassermann, Joachim ^a   Igel, Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absolute calibration; Instrument self noise; Instrumentation; Rotational motion sensors; Rotational seismology

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FIBER OPTICS; GROUND MOTION; NOISE; ROTATION; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; SENSOR;

EID: 84865993152     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-012-9286-7     Document Type: Article

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