Sentences with phrase «motion data measured»

The early warning module, called G - FAST, uses ground motion data measured by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to estimate the magnitude and epicenter for large earthquakes — those magnitude 8 and greater.

Not exact matches

By combining data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Gaia mission, University of Groningen astronomers have been able to measure the proper motion of 15 stars in the Sculptor Galaxy, the first such measurement of stars in a small galaxy outside the Milky Way.

Massari: «Our results show that by using the Gaia data, combined with other data sets, we can measure the proper motion of stars outside the Milky Way and thus improve the models which describe how dark matter is distributed in these other galaxies.»

His computer was crunching the data from an experiment to measure the chaotic motion of a double pendulum, a type that has one swinging arm hanging from another.

Using data from the GPS stations, an accelerometer that measures ground motion in Kathmandu, data from seismological stations around the world, and radar images collected by orbiting satellites, an international team of scientists led by Caltech has pieced together the first complete account of what physically happened during the Gorkha earthquake — a picture that explains how the large earthquake wound up leaving the majority of low - story buildings unscathed while devastating some treasured taller structures.

The Android app harnesses a smartphone's motion detectors to measure earthquake ground motion, then sends that data back to the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory for analysis.

Possible effects on other biomarkers and functional scales — including smartphone - based motion sensor data, the level of tau protein in the CSF (which they can measure), and the markers of dopamine metabolism in the brain (although you wouldn't necessarily expect an effect on that)-- are still under analysis.

Then, using the twin 10 - meter optical and infrared telescopes at the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the astronomers singled out 10 bright globular clusters (large compact groups of stars orbiting the galaxy's core) and used spectral data to measure their motions.

This section sets out a summary of the research that has explored the net joint moments during the split squat exercise, using inverse dynamics calculations based on data from motion analysis of joint angle movements and on ground reaction forces measured using a force plate.

«[Students use a] sophisticated data - logging software where [they] connect their devices to sensors to capture, measure, analyse and present their data for scientific experiments... in physics topics, students use video analysis software to record projectiles (e.g. balls or weights) for studies in motion.

To measure the thermal winds, they studied data on the motion of weather balloons at different altitudes in the atmosphere.

The 6 - Axis sensor also enables the watch to automatically identify a user's state of motion and measures sports data provided by their activity - walking / running / climbing / cycling.

The M7 processor measures user motion data, even while the device is asleep, and saves battery life for a pedometer or other fitness apps that use the accelerometer throughout the day.