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With the installation and certification of the International Monitoring System (IMS) station IS42 in 2011, the Azores archipelago became an infrasound sentinel of the North Atlantic Ocean. After more than a decade of detecting global infrasound activity including microbaroms, Atlantic storms, man-made activities, bolides, earthquakes and far-field volcanic eruptions, a second infrasound array was installed in the Azores to monitor local seismo-volcanic activity. On March 19th, 2022, a volcanic unrest on São Jorge Island triggered the deployment in two weeks of a four-element low-cost portable infrasound array (SJ1), in collaboration with the University of Florence. The results from this experience confirmed the need to improve the infrasound coverage of the Azores, towards a better monitoring of local and regional seismo-volcanic activity, as planned before. In 2023-24, a six-element low-cost infrasound portable array (TER) was designed and assembled, having been deployed in April 2024 on Terceira Island to monitor a local ongoing seismo-volcanic crisis.
A roadmap to design, assemble, and deploy a six-element low-cost infrasound portable array on Faial Island (FAY) already started. We also present a project's rationale to deploy an array in Santa Maria Island with four absolute pressure sensors to cover also São Miguel Island.
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