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20 Feb 2008 Featured Station
… the capital of astana and due south of the former soviet nuclear testing site of semipalatinsk, where the ctbto’s 2008 … cold, clear and relatively dry. snowfall averages 60 days per year and can even occur in summer. … by the soviet union for the express purpose of monitoring nuclear tests at the semipalatinsk nuclear test site, which …
20 Feb 2008 Featured Station
… shore of great slave lake on the west side of yellowknife bay. the area was named after the local yellowknives dene … tribe. gold was first reported in the area of yellowknife bay in the late 19th century and in the dogrib language … station. it was one of the first three stations in the international monitoring system (ims) to be certified in the …
20 Feb 2008 Featured Station
… hawaii and 2,400 km east of guam. located west of the international date line, wake is one day ahead of the 50 us states. this us territory is … data from the two stations in near real time to the international data centre (idc) in vienna. a communications … supplemented by a diesel generator that can provide five days of back-up power in case of an outage. …
20 Feb 2008 Featured Station
… on the most remote inhabited island in the world. tristan da cunha lies some 3,000 km from the nearest mainland, … in 1506 and named after a portuguese sailor, tristão da cunha, the first survey of the archipelago was made in … and is often violent. the remote location of tristan da cunha makes transport to the outside world difficult as …
19 Feb 2008 Featured Station
… by spanish explorer hernando de grijalva on christmas day 1533. rediscovered in 1608, it was named isla socorro … destination for divers, especially for its large manta rays. … between the preparatory commission for the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty organization (ctbto) and the …
19 Feb 2008 Featured Station
… to robinson crusoe island in 1966, which today hosts the international monitoring system's (ims) infrasound station … here the data are transmitted in near real time to the international data centre halfway around the world in vienna, … other infrasound station and two radionuclide stations. testing and certification the factory acceptance test and …
19 Feb 2008 Featured Station
… to the preparatory commission for the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty organization (ctbto) in march 2003. … dawson inlet and parts of van inlet began in june 2004. an international monitoring system (ims) certification team visited both stations in march 2005 and tests were run, including noise measurement, calibrations …
19 Feb 2008 Featured Station
… condensation on equipment. the united states hosts more international monitoring system (ims) facilities than any other comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty (ctbt) member state: these include … seismic stations are mandated to provide data to the international data centre (idc) upon request only but then …
19 Feb 2008 Featured Station
… circle, the sun stays visible above the horizon 24 hours a day from the end of april to the end of august. from the end … dark and artificial light must be used 24 hours each day. spitsbergen is also known for the svalbard global seed … seismic stations are mandated to provide data to the international data centre (idc) upon request only but then …
19 Feb 2008 Featured Station
… seismic stations are mandated to provide data to the international data centre (idc) upon request only but then … namibia is one of the stations designated in the international monitoring system (ims) of the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty. as67 is an auxiliary seismic station …
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