13 Mar 2017
AlpArray-Italy: Site description and noise characterization
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605, Rome, Italy
Luciana Bonatto
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605, Rome, Italy
Marco Capello
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via della Faggiola, 32, 56126, Pisa, Italy
Adriano Cavaliere
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via Donato Creti, 12, 40128, Bologna, Italy
Claudio Chiarabba
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605, Rome, Italy
Ezio D'Alema
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via Bassini 15, 20133, Milano, Italy
Stefania Danesi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via Donato Creti, 12, 40128, Bologna, Italy
Sara Lovati
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via Bassini 15, 20133, Milano, Italy
Lucia Margheriti
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605, Rome, Italy
Marco Massa
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via Bassini 15, 20133, Milano, Italy
Salvatore Mazza
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605, Rome, Italy
Francesco Mazzarini
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via della Faggiola, 32, 56126, Pisa, Italy
Stephen Monna
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605, Rome, Italy
Milena Moretti
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605, Rome, Italy
Anna Nardi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605, Rome, Italy
Davide Piccinini
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via della Faggiola, 32, 56126, Pisa, Italy
Claudia Piromallo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605, Rome, Italy
Silvia Pondrelli
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via Donato Creti, 12, 40128, Bologna, Italy
Simone Salimbeni
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via Donato Creti, 12, 40128, Bologna, Italy
Enrico Serpelloni
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via Donato Creti, 12, 40128, Bologna, Italy
Stefano Solarino
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605, Rome, Italy
Massimiliano Vallocchia
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia, Via di Vigna Murata, 605, Rome, Italy
Marco Santulin
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via Bassini 15, 20133, Milano, Italy
the AlpArray Working Group
A full list of authors and their affiliations appears at the end of the paper.
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We describe here the contribution of Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia (INGV) to the AlpArray Seismic Network (AASN) in the framework of the AlpArray project (http://www.alparray.ethz.ch), a large European collaborative research initiative.
The aim of AlpArray is carrying out cutting edge research to advance our understanding of the deep structure, geodynamics, tectonics and seismic hazard of the greater Alpine area (Alps-Apennines-Carpathians-Dinarides orogenic system).
We describe here the contribution of Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanolgia (INGV) to the...
