Installation, Maintenance, Operation, and Development Support for a Prototype Seismic Data Center. Phase 1

Abstract

This report summarizes the phase I work performed to establish a Center for Seismic Studies for DARPA. The objectives during this phase were to obtain a suitable facility, modify it to accommodate people, computers systems, magnetic tape storage, a film library, and to provide offices, conference rooms, a demonstration room, and technical libraries for visitors and staff. Secure areas were also needed for processing and storing classified data. The site selected for the Center was Rosslyn, Virginia, in close proximity to the headquarters of DARPA. Most of the computer equipment came from Lincoln Lab. A satellite antenna was procured to receive real-time data from the Regional Seismic Test Network (RSTN) stations. At the completion of the installation, a major demonstration of the Center's capabilities was given to numerous U.S. and foreign visitors. During the final five months of the contract real-time data from the RSTN, Seismic Research Observatories (SRO), Global Digital Seismic Network (GDSN), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and other sources were being routinely collected and stored in the Center's database. Keywords: VAX computers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1989
Accession Number
ADA206310

Entities

People

  • P. Kovacs
  • R. L. Perez
  • W. W. Whyte

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Classification
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Centers
  • Data Processing
  • Databases
  • Governments
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Network Protocols
  • Numbers
  • Procurement
  • Prototypes
  • Satellite Antennas
  • Stations

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects