DPC-INGV

Seismological projects DPC-INGV 2007-2009

ITALIAN STRONG MOTION DATA BASE

Responsible: Dr. Stefano Parolai

The main objective of this Project is to make available through the Internet an updated and improved release of the Italian accelometer database (ITACA), originally developed within project S6, in the framework of the 2004-2006 DPC-INGV agreement. To pursue this objective, the following activities are foreseen:

• addition of the most recent accelerometric records (2004-2007) from the National Accelerometer Network, operated by DPC;
• collection of records together with geological/geotechnical information on the recording stations from research institutions and public administrations other than DPC, once suitable agreements be signed between DPC and the institutions operating the network;
• completion of the set of monographs for the geological/geotechnical description of recording sites;
• increasing the number of stations with a quantitative description of the shear wave velocity profile, using low-cost methods for site investigations, mainly based on active or passive surface waves measurements;
• implementation of a web-GIS interface, allowing the interactive exploration of geographical data and of the related attributes. Educational pages will also be prepared and added to the ITACA web portal, to introduce professionals to strong motion instrumentation principles, data processing, seismic site effects and strong-ground motion parameters.

Task 3 – Site characterization with surface waves methods
Scientific responsibles: Sebastiano Foti, RU4-Poli-TO, Stefano Parolai, RU8-GFZ