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15 Mar 2019
Research article |
| 15 Mar 2019
| 15 Mar 2019
A statistical analysis of TIR anomalies extracted by RSTs in relation to an earthquake in the Sichuan area using MODIS LST data
Ying Zhang
Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Qingyan Meng
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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There is a long history of researching earthquake prediction, but weaknesses in traditional approaches to seismic hazards have become more and more evident. Remote sensing was used with earth observation technology, which is a new method that can instantly acquire a large area of abnormal information caused by earthquakes. In this paper, a popular method was tested in Sichuan but it did not perform well in earthquake predictions of this area. The causes have also been studied.
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