Realtime data from the OOI instruments at Axial Seamount
The maps below show the locations of four sets of Bottom Pressure/Tilt (BOTPT) and Conductivity/Temperature/Depth (CTD) instruments at Axial Seamount, part of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Regional Cabled Array (RCA), operated by the University of Washington. Click on the "DATA" links (below right) to see plots of real-time data (updated every 15 minutes) from the BOTPT and seafloor CTD instruments. The BOTPT instruments were built by NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Lab and Oregon State University. Follow our attempts to use the BOTPT data to forecast the next eruption -> HERE using the "INFLATION FORECASTS" (links below left). Information on previous expeditions to Axial Seamount is available -> HERE.
Map of Axial caldera with OOI cables (black lines), recent lava flows (grey outlines), and locations of BOTPT instruments (red circles). | Map of Axial caldera with OOI cables (black lines), recent lava flows (grey outlines), and locations of BOTPT instruments (red circles). |