INFORMATION for H2O as of January 2002 | |
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Station: Hawaii-2 Observatory | |
Directors:
IRIS (Rhett Butler) University of Hawaii (Fred Duennebier) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Alan Chave) |
Network Affiliation: IRIS |
Address: |
Network
Contact: IRIS GSN 1200 New York Ave NW, Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005 Technical Contact: James Jolly, David Harris |
Telephone: (808) 956 2488 | Open Station: Yes |
Fax: | Parent
Organization: IRIS |
Email: fred@soest.hawaii.edu | |
Coordinates: Latitude: 27.88191 N Longitude: 141.991736W | Elevation
to Sensor (M): -4947 Depth to Seismic Sensors (M): 0.4 Depth to Hydrophone(M): -0.1 Depth to current meter (M): -0.9 |
Geology: Central Pacific Ocean floor. Sediment thickness ~ 50 m | |
Vault Conditions: Seismic sensors buried in cylindrical pressure vessel with sensors about 0.4 m below ocean floor. Sensor package inside 0.3 m diameter cylinder. Hydrophone and current meter located about 5 m to the side in Ti frame. | |
Site Description: The Hawaii-2 Observatory is roughly half way between Hawaii and California attached to the Hawaii-2 decommissioned coaxial telephone cable. more info: http://www.whoi.edu/science/GG/DSO/H2O/index.html | |
Address
from which to obtain data: |
Station Instrumentation | |
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1. Hawaii-2 Observatory (H2) | Oct 1, 1999 to Present. |