Implementation of IP Telemetry in Support of Portable Deployments for Earthquake Response
Abstract
IP spread spectrum radios have revolutionized the operation of remote seismic networks. In two separate deployments this year, the Nevada Seismological Laboratory implemented 900 MHz point-to-multipoint IP radio systems for portable seismographs in response to two important Nevada earthquake sequences: the Mw 6.0 event that struck Wells on February 21, 2008; and an energetic earthquake swarm in urban Reno that began in mid-February (mainshock Mw 5.0, April 26, 2008, 06:40 UTC). In cooperation with the USGS, ten portable stations were deployed in the Wells area response. Also, 10 IRIS RAMP instruments were included in the urban Reno deployment. These instruments were outfitted with Motorola Canopy radios and integrated with the regional telemetry infrastructure. As configured, these radios will support a large deployment, high sample rate dataloggers, and a flexible network topology with a working range of at least 30 miles. Real time IP telemetry can improve portable network performance in the following areas: 1. Simplified data flow- Real-time data from portable deployments is integrated with the regional and national networks. Portable instrument data does not have to be retrieved from the field, extracted from mass storage, and separately incorporated into data archives. The need to reanalyze events as locally-recorded portable data becomes available is eliminated. 2. Improved real-time products- Real-time data from portable stations can be used to improve the precision and timeliness of data products (e.g., ShakeMap) for the public, the local and national media, and emergency managers. 3. State-of-health monitoring- Systems (power, memory, etc.) can be monitored, allowing for less frequent and better targeted maintenance visits. The monitoring of these parameters can then be assumed by software packages such as Nagios or SeisNetWatch. 4. Remote management- Datalogger parameters can be managed remotely. The radios can also be remotely managed, allowing for change of center frequency, power level, etc. Field management of radios and dataloggers was conducted with mobile web applications developed at NSL (Slater and others, 2008). 5. Improved data quality- Quality of data can be improved with real- time feedback regarding sensor performance and clock status. Completeness of records is improved by decreased response time to station problems and redundancy of data collection (telemetry and local recording).
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2008
- Bibcode:
- 2008AGUFM.S51B1740E
- Keywords:
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- 7294 Seismic instruments and networks (0935;
- 3025)