Tim Ahern The IRIS GSN and PASSCAL “Networks”
FDSN Archive for Continuous Data at the IRIS DMC FDSN Backbone Network 200 stations currently Plans to increase in size to 300 Africa and Middle East are underrepresented
FDSN Network 201 stations
388 Permanent, 357 PASSCAL, 259 SEIS-UK, 84 SEISMOB-FR 37 stations have real time telemetry 1,088 Stations in Africa & Middle East
Real Time with Metadata 37 Real Time Stations in Africa & Middle East Contributing to IRIS/FDSN
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
Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere 5163 PASSCAL Stations > 800 Experiments
PASSCALPolarFA Datalogger 3-channel Datalogger 1-channel Broadband Sensor (>=120s) Intermediate Period Sensor1426 Short-period sensor High-frequency geophone Accelerometer20 Multichannel System14 13 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 15
Training, Docs & Web 16 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 17 Himalayan Seismotectonics, Nepal
Data Archiving 18