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Training

  How long will it take? Training at the EPIC takes an average of 2 days to cover a typical experiment.    The first day involves an overview from the PI, a discussion of proposed logistics, introduction or review of project instrumentation and a practice site installation.  The second day covers station servicing and demobilization, the EPIC suite of software for data download and review, and introduction or review of EPIC preferred database and data archiving procedures. What can you expect from us?  Training on the hardware that EPIC will provide for your experiment.  This will include the Digitizer, Sensor(s), Handheld controllers, and Power Systems.
08/29/2019
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Borrowing Equipment

EPIC equipment is available to any research or educational institution to use for research purposes within the guidelines of established Governing Policies. These policies provide that data collected with EPIC equipment be archived at the EarthScope Data Management Center and that the data are openly available to the community. Instruments can be requested online using the EPIC Instrument Request Forms.

Who Can Borrow Equipment

Instrument Use Policy

What is Required if You Borrow Equipment

08/29/2019
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3-Channel Dataloggers

Quanterra Q330

Q330's are typically used for broadband standalone and telemetered real-time data recording. They have an external storage device (either hard drive or USB flash drive) and lend themselves for a variety of telemetered modes.

 

Reftek RT130

07/22/2019
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Seismic Community Gathers for SITS

The 2013 Seismic Instrumentation Technology Symposium (SITS) was held in Albuquerque, NM on June 10th and 11th, 2013.  The well-attended symposium provided a splendid opportunity for members of the seismic community to exchange knowledge on instrumentation, as well as on novel approaches for improving the usefulness of data.

07/21/2019
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Polar Posters and Presentations

Polar Posters and Presentations

 

Polar Technology Conference, 2016

Download Presentation: 6.2MB Polar Technology Conference, 2015

Download Presentation: 3.5MB McMurdo Science Talk, 2015-16

07/18/2019
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EarthScope/EPIC Facility featured on KRQE News 13

The EarthScope/EPIC was featured in a three-minute video aired on August 22nd, 2016 by Albuquerque, NM station KRQE-TV-13. The video, which included segments on other New Mexico Tech research facilities (EMRTC, Langmuir Lightning Lab, the Magdalena Ridge Observatory, and at Mt. Erebus in Antarctica) can be seen here.

 

07/02/2019
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All about SEED format

SEED:  Standard for the Exchange of Earthquake Data

The Standard for the Exchange of Earthquake Data (SEED) is an international standard format for the exchange of digital seismological data.  SEED was designed for use by the earthquake research community, primarily for the exchange between institutions of unprocessed earth motion data.  It is a format for digital data measured at one point in space and at equal intervals of time.

The SEED reference manual (version 2.4) is published by the Federation of Digital Seismographic Networks (FDSN), the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (EarthScope), and the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

05/23/2019
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Batteries for Summer Only Enclosure

Rechargeable Batteries

Rechargeable batteries are used for summer-only and year-round polar seismic experiments. For summer-only experiments, due to the roughly continuous sunlight, stations can be powered solely with rechargeable batteries.

For EPIC Polar experiments the preferred rechargeable battery is an AGM (Absorbent Glass Mat) battery manufactured by Concorde Battery Corporation. Both the Sun Xtender PVX-420T and PVX-560T work well for a summer deployment where only a limited amount of storage is required for cloudy days.

Primary Batteries

Primary batteries are usually not necessary for summer only deployment due to the ample amount of sunlight available.

 

04/25/2019
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Three-component Node Procurement Update

As a response to the seismological community's desire to deploy a larger number of 3-component nodal seismic systems, the EarthScope EPIC standing committee has guided EarthScope management to procure more nodes for the EPIC pool. EarthScope already has 73 Magseis Fairfield ZLAND 3-component 5Hz nodes in the pool and these have been subscribed for more than 2 years out. We have now begun the procurement of another 460 Magseis Fairfield nodes for general EPIC pool use. We expect to receive these new nodes in the fall of 2018. The new nodes should be ready for general pool usage starting in February, 2019 after evaluation and acceptance is complete (bringing the general node pool to 533 units). Please feel free to include the new nodes in instrument requests for experiments with start dates after February 2019.

04/22/2019
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Passing of Former EPIC Program Manager Jim Fowler

Jim Fowler passed away on February 25, 2014 after a lengthy battle with cancer and Parkinson’s disease. Jim began his career at EarthScope consortium (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) in 1985 as Chief Engineer in Washington, DC, and later became the first manager for the EPIC portable instrument program. In 1999, after New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology was selected to operate the EarthScope/EPIC, the nation’s sole lending library for research seismological instrumentation, Jim moved back to his home state of New Mexico. Jim stepped down as the EPIC Program Manager in October 2010 after 25 years in that position, but continued as Senior Advisor for Engineering and Instrumentation until he retired in February 2013 and moved back to Maryland.

04/11/2019
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