Ghana’s experience in the establishment of a national data center

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• 作者：Amponsah Paulina Ekua (1)
  Serfor-Armah Yaw (2)
  
• 关键词：Ghana ; seismicity ; treaty ; nuclear explosion ; P315.75
• 刊名：Earthquake Science
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：August 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：25
• 期：4
• 页码：347-351
• 全文大小：467KB
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• 作者单位：Amponsah Paulina Ekua (1)
  Serfor-Armah Yaw (2)
  
  1. Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P.O.Box LG80, Legon, Accra, 233, Ghana
  2. Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, Atomic Campus, P.O. Box AE1, Atomic, Ghana, Accra, 233, Ghana
  
• ISSN：1867-8777

文摘

The government of Ghana in a bilateral agreement with the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) has established a National Data Center in Ghana with the aim of monitoring the testing of nuclear explosions. Seismic, hydroacoustic, radionuclide and infrasound methods are used for the monitoring. The data center was commissioned on 3 February, 2010 at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission. At present Ghana does not have any operational, centralised data (seismic, hydroacoustic, radionuclide and infrasound) acquisition system with the capability of accessing data from other international stations. Hence, the need of setting up the National Data Center which would enable us constantly monitor, manage and coordinate both natural and man-made seismic activities in the country and around the globe, upload data to the International Data Center (IDC) as well as receive and use International Monitoring System (IMS) data and IDC products for treaty verification and compliance. Apart from these, the center also accesses and analyzes seismic waveforms relevant to its needs from the International Data Center; makes data available to its stakeholder institutions for earthquake disaster mitigation; reports on all aspects of disasters related to earthquake to the relevant government agencies that deal with disasters; makes recommendations to the government of Ghana on earthquake safety measures; provides information to assist government institutions to develop appropriate land and building policies. The center in collaboration with stakeholder agencies periodically organises public lectures on earthquake disaster risk mitigation.