12 May 2015
Trans-national earthquake early warning (EEW) in north-eastern Italy, Slovenia and Austria: first experience with PRESTo at the CE3RN network
M. Picozzi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
RISSC, Università "Federico II" di Napoli – AMRA, Naples, Italy
L. Elia
RISSC, Università "Federico II" di Napoli – AMRA, Naples, Italy
D. Pesaresi
CRS, OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Trieste, Italy
RISSC, Università "Federico II" di Napoli – AMRA, Naples, Italy
M. Mucciarelli
CRS, OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Trieste, Italy
ARSO – Agencija Republike Slovenije za Okolje, Ljubljana, Slovenia
W. Lenhardt
ZAMG – Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Vienna, Austria
M. Živčić
ARSO – Agencija Republike Slovenije za Okolje, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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