21 Aug 2019
| 21 Aug 2019
2016 Central Italy Earthquakes: comparison between GPS signals and low-cost distributed MEMS arrays
Nicola Cenni
Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Padova, 35130,
Italy
Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Padova, 35130,
Italy
Filippo Casarin
EXPIN srl, Spin-off University of Padova, Padova, 35130, Italy
Giancarlo De Marchi
AD.EL srl, Venice, 30100, Italy
Maria Rosa Valluzzi
Department of Cultural Heritage DBC, University of Padova, Padova,
35130, Italy
Giorgio Cassiani
Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Padova, 35130,
Italy
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