Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug.18
By Huseyn Veliyev - Trend:
Turkey and Azerbaijan will create an international network that brings together the stations of "Robust Noise Monitoring" (RNM) - a monitoring system for the diagnosis and management of seismic research, director of the Regional Information Technologies Academy (RITA) Tofig Babaev told Trend.
Turkey is interested in using a monitoring system for diagnosis and management, he said.
Babayev added that an International network of stations for data exchange will consist of two monitoring centers located in Baku and Istanbul.
"In July, Turkish scholars visited Baku and familiarized themselves with the work of the stations' equipment. They made sure that the methodology proposed by the Institute of Management Systems of the National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), could be used as a tool for the creation of an international network and could help seismologists to better define the sources and the strength of earthquakes," said Babaev.
Currently, there are seven stations operating in Azerbaijan that are capable to detect the abnormal seismic processes, as well as to implement their monitoring. The stations are located on the island of Gum Adasi in Neftchala, Naftalan, Shirvan, Siyazan, Gazakh, one station is located in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR). In addition, the two stations are to be installed in Khachmaz and Zagatala regions of Azerbaijan.
The essence of the work plan is to cover most of the aforementioned stations of the country, which will make it possible to accurately determine the epicenters of earthquakes.
Currently functioning stations are able to record the abnormal seismic processes for 15-20 hours prior to their surface manifestations.
System provides seismic acoustic signals directly to the server of the Institute of Cybernetics (NASA). High frequency satellite channels are used for signal transmission, which allows the institution to carry out experiments at a higher level and quality.
