Quantitative Classification of Near-Fault Ground Motions Using Wavelet Analysis

	Code Repository for calculations related to the Shahi and Baker (2014) model.
	Detailed information about ground motions in the NGA-West2 database that were identified as pulse-like using the Shahi and Baker (2014) model.
	Archive of downloads relating to the Baker (2007) model.

Related publications:

Shahi, S.K. and Baker, J.W. (2014). “An efficient algorithm to identify strong velocity pulses in multi-component ground motions.” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 104(5), 2456–2466.

Shahi, S.K. (2013). “A probabilistic framework to include the effects of near-fault directivity in seismic hazard assessment.” Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

Shahi, S.K., and Baker, J. W. (2011). “An empirically calibrated framework for including the effects of near-fault directivity in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis.” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 101(2), 742-755.

Shahi, S.K., and Baker, J.W. (2011). “Regression models for predicting the probability of near-fault earthquake ground motion pulses, and their period.” 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, 8.

Baker J.W. (2007). Quantitative classification of near-fault ground motions using wavelet analysis. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 97 (5), 1486-1501.

Acknowledgment

This material is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF grant number CMMI 0726684. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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