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Makanchiinfrasound station (MKIAR)

Makanchi infrasound array (MKIAR) is located at Urdzhar region of the East Kazakhstan area, 25 km eastward of Makanchi settlement; the array elements are inside Makanchi seismic array exceeding it by aperture. The station was constructed by the IGR together with AFTAC in 2016; the KNDC archive has the station’s data from August 2016.

The infrasound sensors, microbarometers Chaparral Physics Model 25 and digitizers AIM24S, are installed in the bunkers. In total, there are nine such equipment vaults. As for the configuration, the central station is surrounded by 4 stations, and 5 other stations are installed along a large circle. The wind interference suppression devices are connected to the microbarometers inputs. The sample rate is 40 samples/sec/channel. Timing scale is GPS. Infrasound data are transmitted to the Center Processing Facility via radio modems – a repeater is used. After that the information is transmitted to the CAPSSI via the satellite channel. And from Almaty the data of Makanchi infrasound array are transmitted to the National Data Centre of the USA (USNDC) in Florida (USA).

 

Below are some parameters of the Makanchi station (MKIAR):

 

Site #

Seismometer type

Borehole depth, m

Latitude

Longitude

Elevation above the sea level, m

Notes

MKI51

Chaparral Physics Model 25

0

46.7734

82.3023

628

 

MKI52

Chaparral Physics Model 25

0

46.7738

82.3035

631

 

MKI53

Chaparral Physics Model 25

0

46.7727

82.3023

622

 

MKI54

Chaparral Physics Model 25

0

46.7738

82.3012

625

 

MKI55

Chaparral Physics Model 25

0

46.7694

82.3015

599

 

MKI56

Chaparral Physics Model 25

0

46.7718

82.2964

628

 

MKI57

Chaparral Physics Model 25

0

46.7771

82.2989

631

 

MKI58

Chaparral Physics Model 25

0

46.7773

82.3063

660

 

MKI59

Chaparral Physics Model 25

0

46.7719

82.3082

601

 

 

Configuration of Makanchi infrasound station (MKIAR):

Конфигурация инфразвуковой станции MKIAR

 

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