The usage of Antelope for acquiring end exchanging data in South-Eastern Alps: present configuration and future perspectives

Abstract

In the period 2002-2006 the Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS) in Udine (Italy), the Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG) in Vienna (Austria), the Dipartimento di Geoscienze (DiG) of the Trieste University in Trieste (Italy), the Agencija Republike Slovenije za okolje (ARSO) in Ljubljana (Slovenia) and the Protezione Civile della Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia (PCFVG) in Palmanova (Italy) were involved in the EU INTERREG IIIA project “Seismological Networks Without Frontiers in the Southeastern Alps”. ZAMG is involved in the EU INTERREG IIIA project “FASTLINK”, together with the Protezione Civile della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano (Italy) and the ETH of Zurigo (Swizerland). The commercial Antelope-software suite from BRTT (Boulder Real Time Technologies - www.brtt.com) has been chosen as the common basis for real time data exchange, rapid location of earthquakes and alerting. Each institute contributes to the seismological monitoring in the South-Eastern Alps by sharing data from its seismic network. Antelope is a powerful software suite that easily allows sharing data in real-time among several institutions by means of its module ‘orb2orb’. The current Antelope setup of all institutions involved in data acquisition, sharing and archiving is described, together with the future evolution of the project. The border region of Slovenia, Austria and NE Italy has experienced several destructive earthquakes in the past. Different seismic networks are operating in the area supporting monitoring, alerting and research. The example of recent strong earthquakes demonstrated that the integration of services provided by the neighboring networks is essential for a rapid and efficient intervention.