Ground vibrations recorded by fiber-optic cables reveal traffic response to COVID-19 lockdown measures in Pasadena, California

Xin Wang; Zhongwen Zhan; Ethan F. Williams; Miguel González Herráez; Hugo Fidalgo Martins; Martin Karrenbach

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00234-3

Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2021)

Ground vibrations recorded by fiber-optic cables reveal traffic response to COVID-19 lockdown measures in Pasadena, California

Xin Wang,
Zhongwen Zhan,
Ethan F. Williams,
Miguel González Herráez,
Hugo Fidalgo Martins,
Martin Karrenbach

Affiliations

Xin Wang: Key Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhongwen Zhan: Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Ethan F. Williams: Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Miguel González Herráez: Department of Electronics, University of Alcalá, Polytechnic School
Hugo Fidalgo Martins: Instituto de Óptica, CSIC
Martin Karrenbach: OptaSense Inc.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00234-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Changes in ground vibrations suggest decreased traffic volume and increased average speed in Pasadena, California during the COVID-19 lockdown, according to analyses of data from a Distributed Acoustic Sensing array

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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