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Realtime data from the OOI instruments at Axial Seamount

 

The maps below show the locations of four Bottom Pressure/Tilt (BOTPT) instruments at Axial Seamount, part of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Regional Cabled Array (RCA) seafloor observatory, operated by the University of Washington. Click on the "DATA" links (below right) to see plots of near-real-time data (updated every 20 minutes) from the 4  BOTPT instruments and 3 seafloor CTD instruments. The BOTPT instruments were built by NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Lab and Oregon State University. Follow our attempts to use the BOTPT data to forecast the next eruption -> HERE and using the "INFLATION FORECAST" links below. Information on our previous expeditions to Axial Seamount is available -> HERE.


INFLATION FORECAST COMPARISONS

INFLATION FORECASTS - Method #4

INFLATION FORECASTS - Method #3

INFLATION FORECASTS - Method #2

INFLATION FORECASTS - Method #1

DATA FROM BOTPT INSTRUMENTS

BOTPT-A301-MJ03F - Central Caldera

BOTPT-A302-MJ03E - Eastern Caldera

BOTPT-A303-MJ03D - International District

BOTPT-A304-MJ03B - ASHES Vent Field


INFLATION & TILT RATES OVER TIME

Differential Uplift Rate from MJ03E-F

Long-Term Rates of Uplift (BPR data)

Long-Term Rates of Tilt (LILY data)

Event Alarms

DATA FROM CTD INSTRUMENTS

ASHES Seafloor CTD (MJ03B-CTDPFB304)

Eastern Seafloor CTD (MJ03E-CTDPFB306)

Central Seafloor CTD (MJ03F-CTDPFB305)



Map of instruments at Axial Seamount Map of instruments at Axial Seamount
Map of Axial caldera with OOI cables (black lines), recent lava flows (grey outlines), and locations of BOTPT instruments (red circles). Map of Axial caldera with OOI cables (black lines), recent lava flows (grey outlines), and locations of BOTPT instruments (red circles).

More information

National Science Foundation | The Ocean Observatories Initiative | Regional Cabled Array Observatory

 

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