The aim of this paper is to discuss the existing scientific literature in order to gather all the
available information dealing with the origin and the nature of the ambient seismic noise …

Abstract Nakamura (Q Rep Railway Tech Res Inst 30: 25–33, 1989) popularized the
application of the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) analysis of microtremor …

Develop a Greater Understanding of How and Why Surface Wave Testing Works Using
examples and case studies directly drawn from the authors' experience, Surface Wave …

Microtremors are produced by multiple random sources close to the surface of the Earth.
They may include the effects of multiple scattering, which suggests that their intensities could …

Ambient vibration techniques such as the H/V method may have the potential to significantly
contribute to site effect evaluation, particularly in urban areas. Previous studies interpret the …

Noise measurements were carried out in the Cologne area (Germany), and the resonance
frequency of each site was estimated from the main peak in the spectral ratio between the …

Passive recordings of seismic noise are increasingly used in earthquake engineering to
measure in situ the shear‐wave velocity profile at a given site. Ambient vibrations, which are …

Surface-wave dispersion analysis is widely used in geophysics to infer a shear wave
velocity model of the subsoil for a wide variety of applications. A shear-wave velocity model …

We have used both single-station and array methods to determine shallow shear velocity
site profiles in the vicinity of the city of Cologne, Germany from ambient vibration records …

A joint inverse analysis using both microtremor dispersion curve and horizontal-to-vertical
(H/V) spectrum is proposed for estimating the S-wave velocity (VS) profiles of subsurface …