Nordic Optical Fiber Sensing Research Infrastructure Hub

The Nordic Optical Fiber Sensing Research Infrastructure Hub (Nordic DAS) involves five countries – Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland – working collaboratively to enhance seismic monitoring and geohazard assessment using Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology. Nordic DAS partners actively contribute to global seismic data exchange and European infrastructures like EPOS, and aim to bring novel data to efficient use of community through utilizing fiber optic cables as seismic sensors. The initiative aims to modernize seismological capabilities by leveraging existing fiber-optic infrastructure for real-time, high-resolution seismic sensing across national borders as well as utilizing fibre-optics in various specially designed field experiments. DAS technology has capacity to monitoring seismic waves not only for seismological research but also for environmental applications and anthropogenic hazards in unforeseen spatial resolution.

The project is funded by NordForsk

List of partners:
1. (Coordinator) University of Helsinki, Finland.
2. NORSAR, Norway.
3. Uppsala University, Sweden.
4. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark.
5. Icelandic Meteorological Office, Iceland.
6. Reykjavik University, Iceland.