Abstract
INTRODUCTION By the end of 1996, there is every expectation that there will be a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which will prohibit the testing of nuclear weapons. Enforcement of a CTBT requires monitoring the entire planet for potential evaders; however, this is not a trivial task. To address this, the Group of Scientific Experts Third Technical Test (GSETT-3) began full-scale operations in January of 1995 at the prototype International Data Center (IDC) at the Advanced Research Projects Agency's (ARPA's) Center for Monitoring Research in Arlington, Virginia. The purpose of this global seismological experiment was to develop an international system that could evolve into the International Seismic Monitoring System for the CTBT. Thus, it would become an international data center geared towards global monitoring. Over 90% of the stations reporting to the GSETT-3 are part of the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Global Seismographic Network (GSN) or are part...
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