Document Type
Article
Department or Administrative Unit
Computer Science
Publication Date
2-2015
Abstract
The Pacific Northwest Geodesic Array at Central Washington University collects telemetered streaming data from 450 GPS stations. These real-time data are used to monitor and mitigate natural hazards arising from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and coastal sea-level hazards in the Pacific Northwest. The displacement measurements are performed at millimeter-scale, and require stringent analysis and parameter estimation techniques. Recent improvements in both accuracy of positioning measurements and latency of terrestrial data communication have led to the ability to collect data with higher sampling rates, of up to 1 Hz. For seismic monitoring applications, this means 1350 separate position streams from stations located across 1200 km along the West Coast of North America must be able to be both visually observed and analyzed automatically. We aim to make the real-time information from GPS sensors easily available, including public access via interfaces for all intelligent devices with a connection to the Internet.
Our contribution is a dashboard application that monitors the real-time status of the network of GPS sensors. We are able to visualize individual and multiple sensors using similar time series scales. We are also able to visualize groups of sensors based on time-dependent statistical similarity, such as sensors with the the highest variance, in real-time. In addition to raw positioning data, users can also display derived quantities, such as the Allan variance or the second derivative of a data stream.
Recommended Citation
Popovici, Răzvan; Andonie, Răzvan; Szeliga, Walter M.; Melbourne, Timothy I.; and Scrivner, Craig W., "Real-time Monitoring of Tectonic Displacements in the Pacific Northwest through an Array of GPS Receivers" (2015). All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences. 163.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/cotsfac/163
Journal
International Journal of Computers, Communications & Control
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Copyright © 2006-2015 by CCC Publications
Comments
This article was originally published Open Access in International Journal of Computers, Communications & Control. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.