The Lamont Cooperative Seismic Network

Charles Scharnberger, Millersville University, Millersville, PA 17551;
Stefanie Baxter, Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, DE 19716; Stephen
Kramer, W.H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, Chazy, NY 12921;
David Franzi, Center for Earth and Environmental Science, Plattsburgh
State University, Plattsburgh, NY 12901; Sam Reese, Allegheny College,
Meadville, PA 16335; Anne Meltzer, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
18015, and Won-Young Kim, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia
University, Palisades, NY 10964.

The Lamont Cooperative Seismic Network consists of 21 broadband
seismographic stations and an additional 21 short-period stations using
analog radio telemetry links.  Stations, which are located in New York,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, are
operated by 25 cooperating partners, with Lamont Doherty Earth
Observatory (LDEO) serving as the lead institution.  Partners include
colleges and universities, community colleges, secondary schools,
museums, a state geological survey, conservation organizations,
research institutes, and a tourist attraction.  Subnetworks include the
Palisades subnetwork, operated by LDEO, the Potsdam subnetwork,
operated by SUNY Potsdam, and the Delaware subnetwork, operated by the
Delaware Geological Survey.  In the 12 month period ending August 31,
2006, the LCSN located 65 earthquakes in the northeastern U.S. and
southeastern Canada.  The LCSN offers unique educational opportunities
for students at a variety of levels, for public officials, and for the
general public.  Participation in the network provides valuable
professional development opportunities for station operators, most of
whom are not professional seismologists.  The LCSN welcomes new
partners, especially institutions interested in operating a station.
The Network's web site is: www.ldeo.columbia.edu/LCSN.  The backbone of
the LCSN real time data acquisition for earthquake monitoring in the
northeastern U.S. is the Internet based Earthworm system.  All
seismogram data acquired by LCSN are archived at the IRIS-DMC in
Seattle, Washington in real time for archiving and further
dissemination to users worldwide.  Much of the earthquake data such as
catalogs, maps, recent earthquakes, felt reports (Did-You-Feel-It?),
and waveform data are disseminated via WWW, which provides cost
efficient means to disseminate such information.