The IRIS/USGS team has completed six vault sites: KIEV, Kiev, Ukraine; NAI, Nairobi, Kenya; HKT, Hockley, Texas; INCN, Inchon, South Korea; BILL, Bilibino, Russia; and TIXI, Tiksi, Russia. The NAI site is a cooperative joint station with the German GEO-FOrschungsNetz (GEOFON). HKT is a cooperative IRIS/University Network site with the University of Texas, Austin and the US National Seismic Network.
Four new GSN stations have been installed in China in a new partnership between IRIS/USGS and the New Chinese Digital Seismographic Network (NCDSN) to upgrade the CDSN to GSN design goals. These sites include BJT, Beijing; HIA, Hailar; LSA, Lhasa; and WMQ, Urumqi. BJT and HIA are cooperative stations with the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).
The IRIS/IDA group has completed the installation of four sites: SHEL, St. Helena Island, South Atlantic, and MSEY, Mahe, Seychelles are new borehole sites. KURK, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan and JTS, Las Juntas de Abangares, Costa Rica are new vault sites.
If you would like more information about the Global Seismographic Network, we welcome you to view the GSN homepage or contact Rhett Butler , GSN Program Manager.
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