Kurchatov infrasound station (KURIS)
KURIS infrasound station is located at Kurchatov town of the East-Kazakhstan region. The station was constructed in 2010, the KNDC archive has the station’s data from December, 2011.
The infrasound sensors, microbarometers MB2005 and digitizers CMG-DM24, are installed in the bunkers. In total, there are four such equipment vaults. The configuration is the equilateral triangle with a site in its center. The system radius is 500 meters. The wind interference suppression devices are connected to the microbarometers inputs. The sample rate is 20 samples/sec/channel. Time scaling is GPS. Infrasound data are transmitted to the Center Processing Facility via wire modems VDSL. After that the information is transmitted to the CAPSSI via the Internet channels.
The detailed information can be found at: https://www.kndc.kz/kndc/docs/publication/2013_7.pdf
Coordinates of Kurchatov (KURIS) infrasound station:
Site # |
Microbarometer type |
Borehole depth, m |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Elevation above the sea level, m |
Notes |
KURIS1 |
MB2005 |
4 |
N50.71781 |
E78.61025 |
166 |
|
KURIS2 |
MB2005 |
4 |
N50.71003 |
E78.61069 |
166 |
|
KURIS3 |
MB2005 |
4 |
N50.71397 |
E78.62138 |
164 |
|
KURISC |
MB2005 |
4 |
N50.71402 |
E78.61427 |
168 |
|
Configuration of Kurchatov (KURIS) infrasound station: