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  Autonomous Hydrophone Deployment Information  
 

Ship operations and upcoming deployment information can be found here.
Hydrophone model information can be found here.

General seismicity information:

 
     
  East Pacific Rise (EPR) Hydrophone Information:  
     
 
Season
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map)
Deploy
#
Model Rate/
Low-Pass (Hz)/byte
Total
Epicenters
Dates 
(Julian Days)
Comments
2002-04 11 2 250/110/2(16)      
2001-02 10 3 250/110/2(12) n/a
326/2001-
To be processed, 7 phones.
2000-01 9 3 250/110/2(12) .7500+
315/2000-326/2001
All hydrophones serviced, data still being processed
1999-2000 8 3 250/120/1 5055
316/1999-300/2000
Hydrophone at 8N 110W did not log; 8S 95W noisy
Summer 1999 7 1 100/40/1 7807
127/1999-316/1999
8N 095W hydrophone lost
Winter 98/99 6 1 100/40/1 4541
311/1998-126/1999
8S 110W phone still unrecovered
Summer 1998 5 1 100/40/1 6933
049/1998-299/1998
8S 110W phone unrecoverable
Winter 97/98 4 1 100/40/1 3074
294/1997-049/1998
8N 95W phone failed
Summer 1997 3 1 100/40/1 7700
039/1997-286/1997
All hydrophones logged data
Winter 96/97 2 1 100/40/1 2923
280/1996-038/1997
All hydrophones logged data
Summer 1996 1 1 100/40/1 5688
140/1996-280/1996
Hydrophone 0N 95W did not log data

 
 
  Central North Atlantic Hydrophone Information:  
     
 
Season
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map)
Deploy
#
Model Rate/
Low-Pass (Hz)/byte
Total
Epicenters
Dates 
(Julian Days)
Comments
  5 3 250/110/2(16)      
2002-03 4 2/3 112/50/1 .  074/2002-110/2003
R/V Ewing, April 2003
2001-02 3 2 112/50/1 n/a 068/2001-074/2000
4 recovered 2/02; 2 to be recovered 8/02,
2000-01 2 2 112/50/1 4042
057/2000-068/2001
All hydrophones logged
1999-2000 1 2 112/50/1 2903
052/1999-056/2000
All hydrophones logged
 
     
 
  Northern North Atlantic Hydrophone Information:  
     
 
Season
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map)
Deploy
#
Model Rate/
Low-Pass (Hz)/byte
Total
Epicenters
Dates 
(Julian Days)
Comments
2002 1 3 250/110/2(12) n/a n/a
Six hydrophones deployed
 
     
 
  Marianas Hydrophone Information:  
     
 
Season
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map)
Deploy
#
Model Rate/
Low-Pass (Hz)/byte
Total
Epicenters
Dates 
(Julian Days)
Comments
2003 1 3 250/110/2(16) n/a n/a
5 hydrophones deployed 3/03
 
     
 
  Gulf of Alaska Hydrophone Information:  
     
 
Season
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map)
Deploy
#
Model Rate/
Low-Pass (Hz)/byte
Total
Epicenters
Dates 
(Julian Days)
Comments
2002 3 3 1000/440/1 n/a 207/2001-178/2002
3 of 5 phones recovered
2001 2 3 1000/440/1 n/a 143/2000-207/2001
All 5 hydrophones logged
2000 1 3 1000/440/1 n/a
293/1999-143/2000
All hydrophones logged
 
     
 
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Last Updated: 7/17/02
Address inquiries to:
Robert Dziak - Seismologist - robert.p.dziak@noaa.gov
 
     
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