Broadband Array in Taiwan for Seismology (BATS) Current Status Instrument 2 STS-1/Q-680 stations 11 STS-2/Q-4120 stations All equipped with SSA strong-motion sensors 20 RefTek units Communication Frame-relay transmission Regular data retrieval and maintenance service Data Types/Format 20 samples/s, continuous recording Triggering mode for higher sampling rates SEED volume
BATS Home page: Station info, Regional CMT solutions, and data distribution
Data Management Center Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica (DMC-IES) http://bats.earth.sinica.edu.tw/IESDMC/
BATS in the near future 17 “comprehensive” observatories by IES each equipped with GPS, VBB, and SM sensors Complete spectrum from 0 to 200 Hz 19 permanent stations by CWB 6 permanent stations by NCU Broadband sensors, up to 60 sec. A mobile array of 45 stations 24 broadband (STS-2/Guralp) 21 short-period