Taragai (TARA)

Common information

• Station Taragai (TARA) located 70 km south of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan
• Coordinates N 41°43.748' and E 77°48.286'
• Elevation above sea level is 3530 m
• Installed on 14.08.2008
• Rebuilt on 05.09.2010 by CAWa project

Station control and power supply

• Computer on base PC-104
• Management of separate device power
• Autonomic system of power suply from six 120w solar panels and six 240 a.h. batarries

GNSS station

• Receiver TPS GB-1000, s/n T224963.
• Antenna TPS PG-A1, s/n 310-0741
• Antenna height is 0.0.
• Data downloading with use COM port

Seismo station

• Placed in bunker at 2 m depth under ground 2 m
• Seismometer STS-2, digitizer EarthData PS6-24
• Precise time service with GPS (antennaTrimble)
• Registered channels - Z, NS, EW

Meteo station after modification

• Air temperature and humidity sensor Vaisala HMP 155
• Air preassure sensor Setra 278 
• 4-component solar net radiation sensor Hukseflux NR 01
• Wind direction and speed sensor R.M.Young 05103
• Rain gauge R.M.Young 52203
• Soil moisture sensors in 10 cm to a depth of 1 m Campbell CS 616  
• Soil temperature sensors in 10 cm to a depth of 1 m Campbell CS 616 

Метео station before modification

• Equipment type - Vaisala WXT520
• Measured parameters - athmpspheric preassure, air temperature and humidity, wind direction and speed, rain
• Data downloading with use of com-port to computer SeisComP

Data transfer system

• Main satellite system VSAT with router iDirect 3000
• Reserve satellite system Iridium

Meteorological data available in sensor data storage system