A Novel Strong-Motion Seismic Network for Community Participation in Earthquake Monitoring
A Novel Strong-Motion Seismic Network for Community Participation in Earthquake Monitoring
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DOI：
10.1109/mim.2009.5338255
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发表时间：
2009-12-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Chung, Angela
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作者：
Cochran, Elizabeth;Lawrence, Jesse;Chung, Angela
通过将新的微电子机械系统（MEMS）技术与志愿地震站分布式计算相结合，霍克-捕手网络（QCN）正在开创地震学的新局面。QCN允许志愿者参与科学数据收集和计算，而不仅仅是分发计算。利用这些创新的工具，QCN将增加强震观测的数量，以改善加州和世界各地的地震探测和分析。QCN增加的地震测量密度将彻底改变地震学。QCN与当前的地震网络相结合，可能很快就会在地震发生时提供高级警报，甚至在地震发生之前估计建筑物对地震的反应，并为科学家和公众提供对地震的更好了解。详细介绍了如何加入QCN。此外，我们在我们的网站上有活动，可以在K-16教室教学生基本的地震学和物理概念。
The Quake-Catcher Network (QCN) is breaking new ground in seismology by combining new micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology with volunteer seismic station distributed computing. Rather than distributing just computations, the QCN allows volunteers to participate in scientific data collection and computation. Using these innovative tools, QCN will increase the number of strong-motion observations for improved earthquake detection and analysis in California, and throughout the world. QCN's increased density of seismic measurements will revolutionize seismology. The QCN, in concert with current seismic networks, may soon provide advanced alerts when earthquakes occur, estimate the response of a building to earthquakes even before they happen, and generate a greater understanding of earthquakes for scientists and the general public alike. Details of how one can join the QCN are outlined. In addition, we have activities on our website that can be used in K-16 classrooms to teach students basic seismology and physics concepts.