Design and deployment of infrasonic sensor monitoring network in China

The Infrasonic Monitoring Network (IMN) in China is under construction to detect, identify and located the signals generated by natural disasters. Presently, fifteen sensors are operational and transmitting real time data to Central Data Centre (CDC) in Beijing. Each sensor station is composed of one infrasonic sensor, one humidity and temperature sensor, one digital sampling and transmitting device, which collects and delivers real-time continuous infrasonic, temperature, humidity, GPS raw data to CDC. IMN is designed as a robust sensor network optimized for rapid deployment and provides long-term information monitoring; the system supports data acquisition with GMT time and is remotely configurable. Its high performance has been demonstrated in the initial deployment experience and preliminary analysis of sampling data.