Each observation station was located at various kinds of soils to effectively obtain local site effects.
A research project (Site EffectS assessment using AMbient Excitations (SESAME), 2001 2004) was financed by the European Community to assess site effects using microtremor-based techniques for seismic risk mitigation, especially in urban areas.
Gok and Polat (2012) studied site effects in Bursa city.
However, the site effects in the areas are not well known in previous studies.
The influence of site effects on wood density was less sensitive than for tree-ring width.
Furthermore, in general this function differs from station to station due to site effects.
Site effects also influence CCmax, acting as filters in the frequency domain.
Therefore, local site effects are considered to be the reason for the scattering of the results.
The data were analyzed collectively for generalized site effect, for site effects during reproductive and nonreproductive seasons, and for repeatability of site effects between years.
A companion paper focuses on the influence of site effects on the observed building damage.
There were significant (p < 0.01) site effects for all strength variables and strength-to-mass ratios.
