Title
Precise Positioning of BDS, BDS/GPS: Implications for Tsunami Early Warning in South China Sea
Abstract
Global Positioning System (GPS) has been proved to be a powerful tool for measuring co-seismic ground displacements with an application to seismic source inversion. Whereas most of the tsunamis are triggered by large earthquakes, GPS can contribute to the tsunami early warning system (TEWS) by helping to obtain tsunami source parameters in near real-time. Toward the end of 2012, the second phase of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) constellation was accomplished, and BDS has been providing regional positioning service since then. Numerical results indicate that precision of BDS nowadays is equivalent to that of the GPS. Compared with a single Global Satellite Navigation System (GNSS), combined BDS/GPS real-time processing can improve accuracy and especially reliability of retrieved co-seismic displacements. In the present study, we investigate the potential of BDS to serve for the early warning system of tsunamis in the South China Sea region. To facilitate early warnings of tsunamis and forecasting capabilities in this region, we propose to distribute an array of BDS-stations along the Luzon Island (Philippines). By simulating an earthquake with Mw = 8 at the Manila trench as an example, we demonstrate that such an array will be able to detect earthquake parameters in real time with a high degree of accuracy and, hence, contribute to the fast and reliable tsunami early warning system in this region.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.3390/rs71215814
REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
Field
DocType
BDS,BDS/GPS,South China Sea,tsunami early warning system
Seismology,Warning system,Inversion (meteorology),Satellite navigation system,Remote sensing,Constellation,GNSS applications,Global Positioning System,Geology,BeiDou Navigation Satellite System,Early warning system,Geodesy
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
7
12
2072-4292
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.92
1
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
kejie chen1132.37
n zamora250.92
andrey y babeyko350.92
Xingxing Li4147.48
Maorong Ge52919.02