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DAVOX

The Davos seismic station

Betonbehälter mit Messapparaten Hütte SLF


DAVOX comprises two units: a concrete vault bolted to the gneiss bedrock and containing highly sophisticated measuring equipment which can take the data recorded and relay it electronically to a communications installation inside a hut at a lower altitude. The hut belongs to the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, in Davos, and is equipped with computers, which continuously transmit the recorded seismic waves to the SED in Zurich. The information communicated is also stored on the spot and, as soon as a request for it is received from the CTBTO – which happens several times a day – the data are immediately and fully automatically sent to Vienna via the Eutelsat W3 satellite.