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PASADENA, CA – July 1, 2008 –  

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Thailand has selected Kinemetrics Inc. to provide state-of-the-art Environmental Monitoring Solution (EMS) that will serve as The Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Multi-Hazard Early Warning System.

ADPC facilitates this regional cooperation in multi-hazard early warning and serves as a Regional Tsunami Watch Provider, within the framework and standards of UNESCO/IOC for IOTWS, including establishment of a regional network of real-time broadband seismic stations, real-time multi-purpose sea level stations, a regional data center with capabilities to receive data in real/ near real-time, data exchange system between the regional data center and participating countries, and programs related to the prevention and mitigation of regional tsunami. They also provide professional and technical training, and carry out active programs of research in all aspects and elements of the end-to-end early warning system. Please visit ADPC's website: http://www.adpc.net/ for more information.   

The new Asian Disaster Preparedness Center BSN and SIS will provide a convergence of broadband and strong motion seismology. The network is based on Global Seismographic Network standard consisting of high-performance, very-broadband and low-power Q330-HR based subsystems equipped with GPS receivers and broadband STS-2 seismometers and EpiSensor accelerometers. The Q330-HRs broadband remote station will transmit data in real-time to the ADPC Data Center (DC) where SIS is located. Communication between the real-time Q330-HR based remote station and the ADPC Data Center is achieved by implementing a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite technology.

The ADPC Data Center consists of three UNIX-based host computers running Antelope system software that provides Data Acquisition, Command and Control of remote seismic stations subsystems, real-time and off-line processing capabilities and data archiving.  

ADPC Data Center will also provide readily accessible high quality data to academic communities and other scientific organizations for both basic and applied research. Real-time data will be exchanged with regional networks as well as from other global networks. The Kinemetrics solution will be delivered to the network operator by mid summer of 2008.
 
The ADPC system is based on the Aspen System Solution, a state-of-the-art system that provides a comprehensive set of seismic data and processed information for earthquake mitigation and nuclear treaty monitoring. Aspen uses Commercially-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) hardware, industry standard communications protocols, and industry standard open software in a distributed client/server networking solution. This open-system architecture allows the user to grow and adapt their system as requirements change and new technologies emerge.

Specifics of the Kinemetrics Aspen Solution 

Kinemetrics' open-architecture Aspen system solution, is a state-of-the-art real-time Environmental Monitoring Solution (EMS) which delivers a comprehensive set of monitoring data, processed information, command and control capabilities to wireless measurement nodes from single or multiple Data Centers over IP. 

A typical Aspen wireless measurement node consists of the 24-bits, ultra-low power (<0.7W), 6-channel Q330 data acquisition system, a Global Positioning System (GPS), an IP based wireless data communication system, various types of sensor(s) and autonomous power module. 

Each measurement node transmits data or video via VSAT satellite technology or via terrestrial IP communication links (in both real-time and dial-in/out modes of operation) to the Environmental Monitoring Data Center where the Environmental Information System (EIS) is located.   

For more info on the Aspen system description please check: 
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For more information on the Kinemetrics Aspen, the Q330HR, PB14F,  Q4120,GRANITE, MAKALU, ETNA and other products; the Antelope mission-critical software solution for environmental monitoring networks, or VSAT solution please check
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