After opening for signature of the CTBT (24 September 1996), the PTS began working on the establishment of a global verification regime to monitor its compliance (17 March 1997). The verification regime includes both non-technical and technical elements (defined in Article IV of the treaty); while non-technical refer to diplomatic actions and confidence building measures within States Parties,...
In 2001, the first data from an IMS infrasound station arrived at the IDC. The IDC infrasound processing system was in a premature state and a multi-year development effort was initiated, which led to the completion in 2010 to the first operational infrasound automatic processing and interactive analysis systems. In thirteen years the IDC produced over 45,000 infrasound events reviewed by...
Calibration activities for infrasound stations of the International Monitoring System (IMS) are a requirement of the Operational Manual for Infrasound Monitoring and the International Exchange of Infrasound Data. Until 2011, significant technical and scientific challenges prevented full compliance with these requirements. This included the absence of available techniques to characterize...
