Array Network Facility

The Array Network Facility component of the EarthScope USArray project was charged with ensuring all the real time seismic data collected from the Transportable Array and Flexible Arrays were transmitted, checked for quality, archived, and accessible online for researchers and the general public. The facility was part of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. The principal investigator of the ANF was Dr. Frank Vernon.

The facility developed a series of online tools to allow researchers and the general public to interact with data collected from over four hundred broadband seismic stations across the United States. These four hundred stations made up the Transportable Array component of the EarthScope USArray project. Analysts reviewed automated event detections and produce event bulletins including seismic phase picks which were distributed through the IRIS DMC.

The ANF component of the USArray experiment was funded by the National Science Foundation.