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Published May 2008 | Published
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WiLSoN: The Wirelessly Linked Seismological Network and Its Application in the Middle American Subduction Experiment

Abstract

The state of the art in temporary seismology installations for years has been stand-alone sites. In such an installation, sites are typically visited once a month to collect data and check station health. The benefit is that stand-alone stations are very quick to permit and install, and sites are not limited by local infrastructure (i.e., telephone or Internet) to collect data. Moreover, the technology for such installations is well-tested and mature. The downside is that the state of health of the system is unknown between data collection intervals, and when an interesting earthquake occurs researchers must wait for the data. In places where the local networks are sparse, the time to acquire data from temporary networks can be of great importance to the local population.

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© 2008 Seismological Society of America. We would like to thank Xyoli Pérez-Campos, Mario Islas Herrera, Oscar Martínez Susano, Jorge Soto, Aída Quezada Reyes, Arturo Iglesias, Lizbeth Espejo, Luís Antonio Placencia Gómez, Luís Edgar Rodríguez, Fernando Greene, Alma Quezada, Steve Skinner, Irving Flores, Manolo Vega, Jesús Ramírez, and Daniel Molina for countless hours spent installing and maintaining the system. This research was supported by the Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation through the Tectonics Observatory at Caltech, a University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States-Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (UC MEXUS-CONACYT) Collaborative Grant, and CENS at UCLA, a National Science Foundation center.

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