caa a22 4500 44584681X CHVBK 20180317145401.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10518-011-9326-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10518-011-9326-7 The recording stations of the Italian strong motion network: geological information and site classification [Elektronische Daten] [G. Di Capua, G. Lanzo, V. Pessina, S. Peppoloni, G. Scasserra] One of the main objectives of the ITACA (ITalian ACcelerometric Archive) strong motion database, promoted by the Italian Department of Civil Protection, was to improve the characterization of the recording sites from a geological and geophysical point of view and to provide their seismic classification according to the seismic norms pertinent to Italy, namely the Eurocode 8 and the National Technical Norms for Constructions. A standard format to summarize the available information for the recording stations was first produced, in terms of a technical report dynamically linked to the database, i.e., some of the relevant information is automatically updated when the corresponding fields of the database are modified. Then, an important activity of collection, qualification and synthesis of available data was carried out, especially for stations that recorded the strongest earthquakes in Italy in the last 40years, and for which a relevant number of studies have been published. In spite of this activity, among the more than 700 strong motion stations present in the ITACA database, only a limited number of them could be characterized by quantitative information on subsurface soil properties. For this reason, a dual seismic site classification criterion was implemented, either based on the standard V s,30 scheme, or, in the absence of such information, based on an expert opinion supported by shallow geology maps, mostly at 1:100,000 scale, and when available on the H/V ratios calculated on recordings. Owing to the relevance in the Italian geographic and morphological context, a special care was also given to the topographic classification of stations, based on suitable criteria developed within a GIS environment. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 ITACA database nationallicence Strong motion station nationallicence General characterization nationallicence Site classification nationallicence Di Capua G. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy aut Lanzo G. Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy aut Pessina V. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Milan, Italy aut Peppoloni S. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy aut Scasserra G. Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy aut Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering Springer Netherlands 9/6(2011-12-01), 1779-1796 1570-761X 9:6<1779 2011 9 10518 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-011-9326-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-011-9326-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Di Capua G. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lanzo G. Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pessina V. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Milan, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Peppoloni S. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Scasserra G. Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering Springer Netherlands 9/6(2011-12-01), 1779-1796 1570-761X 9:6<1779 2011 9 10518 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer