PMID- 33920574 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210502 IS - 1424-8220 (Electronic) IS - 1424-8220 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 8 DP - 2021 Apr 17 TI - Strong Ground Motion Sensor Network for Civil Protection Rapid Decision Support Systems. LID - 10.3390/s21082833 [doi] LID - 2833 AB - Strong motion sensor networks deployed in metropolitan areas are able to provide valuable information for civil protection Decision Support Systems (DSSs) aiming to mitigate seismic risk and earthquake social-economic impact. To this direction, such a network is installed and real-time operated in Chania (Crete Island, Greece), city located in the vicinity of the seismically active south front of the Hellenic Subduction Zone. A blend of both traditional and advanced analysis techniques and interpretation methods of strong ground motion data are presented, studying indicative cases of Chania shaking due to earthquakes in the last couple years. The orientation independent spectral acceleration as well as the spatial distribution of the strong ground motion parameters such as the Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA), Peak Ground Velocity (PGV), Peak Ground Displacement (PGD) and Arias Iotantensity observed at the urban area of Chania are presented with the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS) environment. The results point to the importance of the strong ground motion networks as they can provide valuable information on earthquake hazards prior to and after detrimental seismic events to feed rapid systems supporting civil protection decisions for prevention and emergency response. FAU - Chatzopoulos, Georgios AU - Chatzopoulos G AD - Institute of Physics of the Earth's Interior and Geohazards, UNESCO Chair on Solid Earth Physics and Geohazards Risk Reduction, Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, 73133 Crete, Greece. FAU - Papadopoulos, Ilias AU - Papadopoulos I AD - Institute of Physics of the Earth's Interior and Geohazards, UNESCO Chair on Solid Earth Physics and Geohazards Risk Reduction, Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, 73133 Crete, Greece. AD - Seismic Research Centre, University of West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. FAU - Vallianatos, Filippos AU - Vallianatos F AD - Institute of Physics of the Earth's Interior and Geohazards, UNESCO Chair on Solid Earth Physics and Geohazards Risk Reduction, Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, 73133 Crete, Greece. AD - Section of Geophysics-Geothermics, Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15784 Athens, Greece. FAU - Makris, John P AU - Makris JP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9871-9096 AD - Institute of Physics of the Earth's Interior and Geohazards, UNESCO Chair on Solid Earth Physics and Geohazards Risk Reduction, Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, 73133 Crete, Greece. FAU - Kouli, Maria AU - Kouli M AD - Institute of Physics of the Earth's Interior and Geohazards, UNESCO Chair on Solid Earth Physics and Geohazards Risk Reduction, Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, 73133 Crete, Greece. LA - eng GR - MIS 5002697/European Regional Development Fund/ GR - MIS 5002697/Ministry of Development and Investment of Greece/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210417 PL - Switzerland TA - Sensors (Basel) JT - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101204366 SB - IM PMC - PMC8073029 OTO - NOTNLM OT - GIS OT - PGA OT - PGD OT - PGV OT - arias intensity OT - decision support system OT - sensor network OT - spectral acceleration OT - strong ground motion COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/05/01 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/01 06:01 PMCR- 2021/04/17 CRDT- 2021/04/30 01:16 PHST- 2021/02/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/04/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/04/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/30 01:16 [entrez] PHST- 2021/05/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/01 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/04/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - s21082833 [pii] AID - sensors-21-02833 [pii] AID - 10.3390/s21082833 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sensors (Basel). 2021 Apr 17;21(8):2833. doi: 10.3390/s21082833.