Tim Ahern The FDSN and IRIS GSN and PASSCAL “Networks”
FDSN Backbone Network 200 stations currently Plans to increase in size to 300 Southern Hemisphere is underrepresented FDSN Archive for Continuous Data at the IRIS DMC
FDSN Network 201 stations
2,361 Stations in SE Asia
201 SE Asian Stations come in real time to the IRIS DMC
The IRIS Global Seismographic Network 156 Broadband Stations
GSN 156 Broadband stations 81 IRIS/USGS (IU) Stations 41 IRIS/IDA (II) Stations 10 IRIS/China (IC) Stations 9 USGS Caribbean (CU) Stations 9 AFTAC/IMS (IM) Stations 6 Affiliate Stations (AU, BK, CI, GT, MS) The composition of the IRIS GSN
The Bandwidth of State-of-the-Art Instrumentation
Real Time Data Transmission nearly realized
Geophysical Observatories
Working Closely with the CTBTO/IMS
Upgrading the GSN Data Loggers
Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere 5,631 PASSCAL Stations in 672 Experiments
Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere 1,071 PASSCAL Stations in SE Asia
PASSCALPolarFA Datalogger 3-channel Datalogger 1-channel Broadband Sensor (>=120s) Intermediate Period Sensor1426 Short-period sensor High-frequency geophone Accelerometer20 Multichannel System14 15 PASSCAL Equipment Inventory 6,775 channels of data acquisition
Types of Equipment Supported by PASSCAL Data Loggers RT Q330 Broadband Sensors Streckheisen STS Guralp CMG-3T 42 - Nanometrics Trillium Nanometrics Trillium 120 Intermediate Period Sensors 90 Guralp 40T 16 Nanometrics T-40 Short period sensors 100 Guralp 40T (1 sec) 170 Sercel L22 (2hz)
Experiment Support 17
Training, Docs & Web 18 All PIC Experiments Required to Attend Training 2-3 day intensive covering all aspects of deployment, data recovery, and archiving Training continues in-field for all experiments that have PIC personnel field support Documentation Documentation frequently tailored to experiment. Examples of field deployment and service sheets Access to PIC inventory Instrument specifications and comparisons Request forms and policies Instrument schedules Experiment profiles Software links
Field Huddle Test Access equipment health Test recording parameters Training Provide in-field training for all participants Review best practices Logistics Controlled Source Start to finish Deploy and/or man field center during deployment Produce field archive of raw data Create gathers if time permits Passive Source Deploy at least during the initial phase for continued training and best practice 19 Himalayan Seismotectonics, Nepal
Data Archiving 20