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Erratum to: Seismic waves in 3-D: from mantle asymmetries to reliable seismic hazard assessment
Acknowledgments This paper is strongly relying upon the work of many colleagues and collaborators to whom we are greatly thankful, in particular: Carlo Doglioni, Gillian Foulger, Vahid Gholami, Hossein Hamzehloo, Volodya Kossobokov, Cristina La Mura, Anatoly Levshin, Andrea Magrin, Antonella Peresan, Federica Riguzzi, Franco Vaccari, Peter Varga, Tatiana Yanovskaya. Financial support from PRIN 2010-2011 and RITMARE projects, funded by Italian Ministry of University and Research, is gratefully acknowledged. In addition, Fig. 3 should be updated by new one as below
A web application prototype for the multiscale modelling of seismic input
A web application prototype is described, aimed at the generation of
synthetic seismograms for user-defined earthquake models. The web application
graphical user interface hides the complexity of the underlying computational
engine, which is the outcome of the continuous evolution of sophisticated
computer codes, some of which saw the light back in the middle '80s. With the
web application, even the non-experts can produce ground shaking scenarios at
the local or regional scale in very short times, depending on the complexity of
the adopted source and medium models, without the need of a deep knowledge of
the physics of the earthquake phenomenon. Actually, it may even allow neophytes
to get some basic education in the field of seismology and seismic engineering,
due to the simplified intuitive experimental approach to the matter. One of the
most powerful features made available to the users is indeed the capability of
executing quick parametric tests in near real-time, to explore the relations
between each model's parameter and the resulting ground motion scenario. The
synthetic seismograms generated through the web application can be used by
civil engineers for the design of new seismo-resistant structures, or to
analyse the performance of the existing ones under seismic load.Comment: 23 pages, 13 figure
The Global Diversity of Parasitic Isopods Associated with Crustacean Hosts (Isopoda: Bopyroidea and Cryptoniscoidea)
Parasitic isopods of Bopyroidea and Cryptoniscoidea (commonly referred to as epicarideans) are unique in using crustaceans as both intermediate and definitive hosts. In total, 795 epicarideans are known, representing ∼7.7% of described isopods. The rate of description of parasitic species has not matched that of free-living isopods and this disparity will likely continue due to the more cryptic nature of these parasites. Distribution patterns of epicarideans are influenced by a combination of their definitive (both benthic and pelagic species) and intermediate (pelagic copepod) host distributions, although host specificity is poorly known for most species. Among epicarideans, nearly all species in Bopyroidea are ectoparasitic on decapod hosts. Bopyrids are the most diverse taxon (605 species), with their highest diversity in the North West Pacific (139 species), East Asian Sea (120 species), and Central Indian Ocean (44 species). The diversity patterns of Cryptoniscoidea (99 species, endoparasites of a diverse assemblage of crustacean hosts) are distinct from bopyrids, with the greatest diversity of cryptoniscoids in the North East Atlantic (18 species) followed by the Antarctic, Mediterranean, and Arctic regions (13, 12, and 8 species, respectively). Dajidae (54 species, ectoparasites of shrimp, mysids, and euphausids) exhibits highest diversity in the Antarctic (7 species) with 14 species in the Arctic and North East Atlantic regions combined. Entoniscidae (37 species, endoparasites within anomuran, brachyuran and shrimp hosts) show highest diversity in the North West Pacific (10 species) and North East Atlantic (8 species). Most epicarideans are known from relatively shallow waters, although some bopyrids are known from depths below 4000 m. Lack of parasitic groups in certain geographic areas is likely a sampling artifact and we predict that the Central Indian Ocean and East Asian Sea (in particular, the Indo-Malay-Philippines Archipelago) hold a wealth of undescribed species, reflecting our knowledge of host diversity patterns
Biology of the king crab Paralomis birsteini on the continental slope off the western Antarctic Peninsula
Analysis of Italian Earthquake Catalogs in the Context of Intermediate-Term Prediction Problem
We perform a comparative analysis of regional and global earthquake catalogs currently available for the territory of Italy. We consider: (a) instrumental seismic catalogs provided by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma (INGV) for earthquake forecasting experiment in Italy within the Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability (CSEP); (b) Global Hypocenters\u2019 Data provided by the USGS/NEIC, which is currently used in the real-time earthquake prediction experiment by CN and M8S algorithms in Italy, and (c) seismological Bulletin provided by the International Seismological Centre (ISC). We discuss advantages and shortcomings of these catalogs in the context of intermediate-term middle-range earthquake prediction problem in Italy, including the possibility of the catalog\u2019s combined or integrated use.
Magnitude errors in the catalog can distort statistics of success-to-failure scoring and eventually falsify testing results. Therefore, the analysis of systematic and random errors in magnitude presented in Appendixes can be of significance in its own righ
Fully reproducible intermediate-term middle-range earthquake predictions by CN and M8S algorithms: six years of real-time testing in Italy
Seismic Hazard and Risk Statistic
IASPEI General Assembly 2009\u2013 (Cape Town, South Africa. 11-16 January 2009)
Seismic Hazard Statistics: Implications for Risk Assessment
AGU Fall Meeting (15-19 Dicembre 2008, San Francisco, California
Previsioni a medio-termine spazio temporale dei terremoti e scenari di scuotimento: sperimentazione in tempo reale per il territorio italiano
Real time testing of CN and M8S earthquake prediction algorithms in Italy
EGU2007 General Assembly, Vienna, Austria (Aprile 15-20, 2007)