A physics-based method estimates the duration of earthquakes’ coseismic phase and can help improve the precision of coseismic slip models and magnitude estimates.
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A Step Toward Making GPS More Resilient to Space Weather
Researchers have developed a new mathematical model to more accurately capture how irregularities in Earth’s atmosphere interrupt signals from Global Navigation Satellite Systems.
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A New Method Produces Improved Surface Strain Rate Maps
The transdimensional Bayesian approach handles GPS data limitations better than existing methods and may assist future seismic hazard assessment studies.
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Geodetic Data Pinpoint Earthquake-Prone Regions of the Himalayas
GPS measurements of the Indian and Eurasian plates reveal four locked segments most likely to produce large earthquakes.
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Using GPS Sensors to Capture Key Snowpack Properties
A low-cost, two-antenna GPS setup could enable valuable snow measurements in remote locations, improving predictions of runoff and avalanche risk.
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Harnessing the GPS Data Explosion for Interdisciplinary Science
More GPS stations, faster data delivery, and better data processing provide an abundance of information for all kinds of Earth scientists.
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Measuring Hurricane Wind Speed from Space
A new technique based on GPS signals could provide better wind speed measurements during hurricanes and cyclones.
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Why Do Great Earthquakes Follow Each Other at Subduction Zones?
A decade of continuous GPS measurements in South America indicates that enhanced strain accumulation following a great earthquake can initiate failure along adjacent fault segments.
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Using Strain Rates to Forecast Seismic Hazards
Workshop on Geodetic Modeling for Seismic Hazard; Menlo Park, California, 19 September 2016
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Understanding Tectonic Processes Following Great Earthquakes
Scientists parse out the processes underlying tectonic signals detected by GPS networks.