The Global DAS Month of February 2023

During February 2023, a total of 32 individual distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) systems acted jointly as a global seismic monitoring network. The aim of this Global DAS Month campaign was to coordinate a diverse network of organizations, instruments, and file formats to gain knowledge and move toward the next generation of earthquake monitoring networks. During this campaign, 156 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or larger were reported by the U.S. Geological Survey and contributors shared data for 60 min after each event’s origin time. Participating systems represent a variety of manufacturers, a range of recording parameters, and varying cable emplacement settings (e.g., shallow burial, borehole, subaqueous, and dark fiber). Monitored cable lengths vary between 152 and 120,129 m, with channel spacing between 1 and 49 m. The data has a total size of 6.8 TB, and are available for free download. Organizing and executing the Global DAS Month has produced a unique dataset for further exploration and highlighted areas of further development for the seismological community to address.

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  author = {Wuestefeld, Andreas and Spica, Zack J. and Aderhold, Kasey and Huang, Hsin-Hua and Ma, Kuo-Fong and Lai, Voon Hui and Miller, Meghan and Urmantseva, Lena and Zapf, Daniel and Bowden, Daniel C. and Edme, Pascal and Kiers, Tjeerd and Rinaldi, Antonio P. and Tuinstra, Katinka and Jestin, Camille and Diaz-Meza, Sergio and Jousset, Philippe and Wollin, Christopher and Ugalde, Arantza and Ruiz Barajas, Sandra and Gaite, Beatriz and Currenti, Gilda and Prestifilippo, Michele and Araki, Eiichiro and Tonegawa, Takashi and de Ridder, Sjoerd and Nowacki, Andy and Lindner, Fabian and Schoenball, Martin and Wetter, Christoph and Zhu, Hong-Hu and Baird, Alan F. and R{\o}rstadbotnen, Robin A. and Ajo-Franklin, Jonathan and Ma, Yuanyuan and Abbott, Robert E. and Hodgkinson, Kathleen M. and Porritt, Robert W. and Stanciu, Christian and Podrasky, Agatha and Hill, David and Biondi, Biondo and Yuan, Siyuan and Luo, Bin and Nikitin, Sergei and Morten, Jan Petter and Dumitru, Vlad-Andrei and Lienhart, Werner and Cunningham, Erin and Wang, Herbert},
  doi = {10.1785/0220230180},
  journal = {Seismological Research Letters},
  language = {en},
  title = {The Global DAS Month of February 2023},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1785/0220230180},
  year = {2023},
}

%O Journal Article
%A Wuestefeld, Andreas
%A Spica, Zack J.
%A Aderhold, Kasey
%A Huang, Hsin‐Hua
%A Ma, Kuo‐Fong
%A Lai, Voon Hui
%A Miller, Meghan
%A Urmantseva, Lena
%A Zapf, Daniel
%A Bowden, Daniel C.
%A Edme, Pascal
%A Kiers, Tjeerd
%A Rinaldi, Antonio P.
%A Tuinstra, Katinka
%A Jestin, Camille
%A Diaz‐Meza, Sergio
%A Jousset, Philippe
%A Wollin, Christopher
%A Ugalde, Arantza
%A Ruiz Barajas, Sandra
%A Gaite, Beatriz
%A Currenti, Gilda
%A Prestifilippo, Michele
%A Araki, Eiichiro
%A Tonegawa, Takashi
%A de Ridder, Sjoerd
%A Nowacki, Andy
%A Lindner, Fabian
%A Schoenball, Martin
%A Wetter, Christoph
%A Zhu, Hong‐Hu
%A Baird, Alan F.
%A Rørstadbotnen, Robin A.
%A Ajo‐Franklin, Jonathan
%A Ma, Yuanyuan
%A Abbott, Robert E.
%A Hodgkinson, Kathleen M.
%A Porritt, Robert W.
%A Stanciu, Christian
%A Podrasky, Agatha
%A Hill, David
%A Biondi, Biondo
%A Yuan, Siyuan
%A Luo, Bin
%A Nikitin, Sergei
%A Morten, Jan Petter
%A Dumitru, Vlad‐Andrei
%A Lienhart, Werner
%A Cunningham, Erin
%A Wang, Herbert
%R 10.1785/0220230180
%J Seismological Research Letters
%G en
%T The Global DAS Month of February 2023
%U https://doi.org/10.1785/0220230180
%D 2023