Precise positioning of BDS, BDS/GPS: Implications for tsunami early warning in South China Sea

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15955-15968

  Chen, Kejie ^a   Zamora, Natalia ^a   Babeyko, Andrey Y ^a   Li, Xingxing ^a   Ge, Maorong ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

BDS; BDS GPS; South China Sea; Tsunami early warning system

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RADIO NAVIGATION; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SEISMOLOGY; TRACKING (POSITION); TSUNAMIS;

BDS/GPS; BEIDOU NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; CO-SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; FORECASTING CAPABILITY; GLOBAL SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TSUNAMI EARLY-WARNING SYSTEMS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 85019390995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs71215814     Document Type: Article

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