SGER: Development of the MERMAID Float: an Autonomous Vehicle for Recording Regional Earthquakes within the World's Oceans

开发美人鱼漂浮器：一种用于记录世界海洋区域地震的自动工具PROJECT SUMMARY PI建议测试不系绳漂浮器在1-2公里深处漂移时是否能够记录远震P波的到达。具体地说，他们提议建造一个原型浮标，用于记录海洋中的地震。他们将这种彩车命名为美人鱼(独立潜水员在海洋地区的移动地震记录仪)。如果拟议的试点项目成功，它将开辟利用现有监测努力填补海洋盆地内全球远震覆盖范围的巨大空白的可能性，并将大大增强我们通过层析成像反演成像地球更深区域的能力。

P.I. - OrcuttProposal - 0236557Development of the MERMAID float: an autonomous vehicle for recording regional earthquakes within the world oceansPROJECT SUMMARYThe PIs propose to test whether untethered floats can record arrivals of teleseismic P waves while drifting at depths of 1-2 km. Specifically, they propose to construct a prototype float for recording earthquakes within the oceans. They have named this float MERMAID (Mobile Earthquake Recorder in Marine Areas by Independent Divers). If the proposed pilot project is successful, it will opens up the possibility of using existing monitoring efforts to fill in the large gaps in global teleseismic coverage posed within the ocean basins, and will significantly enhance our ability to image the deeper regions of the Earth through tomographic inversions