Hornsund Seismological Station HSP

HSP Seismological Station, photo Joanna Perchaluk

Contact

Full Name

Kaj Michałowski

kaj@igf.edu.pl

Institution

Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Info

Observatory

Polish Polar Station

Observation Facility Type

land platform (fixed)

Observation Facility Status

Operational

Core data

Geospatial location

Coordinates

POINT (15.53318 77.001877)

Height above mean sea level (m)

11.00

Environment

Site Information

Seismometer placed in the concrete fundament protected by the small wooden house is located in the vicinity of Polish Polar Station in Hornsund.
Seismometer is powered using PSP resources. The data is transfered by cable to PSP and published online in open access catalogues, e.g.: https://ds.iris.edu/mda/PL/HSPB/

Observed Variable(s)

Observed Variable

SOLID EARTH>TECTONICS>EARTHQUAKES>SEISMIC PROFILE>SEISMIC BODY WAVES>

Start Date

2007-09-22T12:00:00Z

Instrument model and serial number

Broadband 3 component Streckeisen STS-2 seismometer with sampling rate 100 Hz
https://www.passcal.nmt.edu/content/instrumentation/sensors/broadband-sensors/sts-2-bb-sensor

Instrument routine maintenance

The position of the instrument should not be changed

Sampling procedures

Sampling frequency 100 Hz

Hornsund Seismological Station HSP

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