Title: Earthquake early warning systems /
Authors: Gasparini, Paolo.; Manredi, Gaetano.; Zschau, Jochen,
Date: 2007
Publisher: Springer,
Physical description: xxiv, 349 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC classification: T
Contents: Real-time earthquake damage mitigation measures / Hiroo Kanamori -- Can earthquake size be controlled by the initial seconds of rupture? / Stefan Nielsen -- The ElarmS earthquake early warning methodology and application across California / Richard M. Allen -- Real-time estimation of earthquake magnitude for seismic early warning / Aldo Zollo and Maria Lancieri -- A new approach to earthquake early warning / Maren Böse, Mustafa Erdik, and Friedemann Wenzel -- Optimal, real-time earthquake location for early warning / Claudio Satriano, Anthony Lomax, and Aldo Zollo -- The virtual seismologist (VS) method: a Bayesian approach to earthquake early warning / Georgia Cua and Thomas Heaton -- A strong motion attenuation relation for early-warning application in the Campania region (Southern Apennines) / Vincenzo Convertito ... [et al.] -- Quantitative seismic hazard assessment / Jean Virieux, Pierre-Yves Bard, and Hormoz Modaressi -- Seismic early warning systems: procedure for automated decision making / Veronica F. Grasso, James L. Beck, and Gaetano Manfredi -- The crywolf issue in earthquake early warning applications for the Campania region / Iunio Iervlino ... [et al.] -- Earthquake early warning and engineering application prospects / Iunio Iervolino, Gaetano Manfredi, and Edoardo Cosenza -- UrEDAS, the earthquake warning system: today and tomorrow / Yutaka Nakamura and Jun Saita -- State of the art and progress in the earthquake early warning system in Taiwan / Yih-Min Wu ... [et al.] -- FREQL and AcCo for a quick response to earthquakes / Yutaka Nakamura and Jun Saita -- Development and testing of an advanced monitoring infrastructure (ISNet) for seismic early-warning applications in the Campania region of Southern Italy / Emanuel Weber ... [et al.] -- An early warning system for deep Vrancea (Romania) earthquakes / Constantin Ionescu ... [et al.].
Notes: Based on a workshop held in Naples, Italy, on September 23-25, 2004 focusing on "Seismic early warning for European cities: toward a coordinated effort to raise the level of basin knowlege."  Coordinated in the framework of the EC FP6 Project no. 511264 "NaRAs" (Natural Risk Assesement ) coordinated by AMRA, Napoli.
Subject headings (LCSH): Earthquake prediction--Congresses.; Natural disaster warning systems--Congresses.