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Data Acquisition and Processing in Strong Motion Seismology

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Strong Ground Motion Seismology

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 204))

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Intent of this paper is to describe the steps in the acquisition and processing of strong motion data. This is done referring to the Italian experience in this field. Particular emphasis in given to the problems of the management of the network and of the analog to digital conversion of data. The numerical processing of accelerograms is introduced as an important but not crucial step in the formation of data. Some comparisons between Italian and North American strong motion data are presented.

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  1. Laboratorio Ingegneria dei Siti, ENEA, S.P. Anguillarese, 301, 00100, Rome, Italy

    Mauro Basili

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  1. Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

    Mustafa Özder Erdik

  2. Earth Resources Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    M. Nafi Toksöz

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Basili, M. (1987). Data Acquisition and Processing in Strong Motion Seismology. In: Erdik, M.Ö., Toksöz, M.N. (eds) Strong Ground Motion Seismology. NATO ASI Series, vol 204. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3095-2_10

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