MUDA (geophysical and geochemical MUltiparametric DAtabase) is an infrastructure of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV, www.ingv.it) serving geophysical and geochemical multiparametric data, designed and implemented as part of the INGV Dynamic Planet 2020-2022 project, Task-S2 (3D structure of Italy from multidata analysis. Passive/active seismic, magnetic, magnetotelluric, electrical, gravimetric prospection, https://progetti.ingv.it/it/pian-din#s2-3d-structure-of-italy-from-multidata-analysis-passive-active-seismic-magnetometric-magnetotelluric-geoelectric-gravimetric-imaging).
MUDA is in the framework of detailed multiparameter monitoring aimed at innovative and technologically advanced research and service activities.
MUDA is a dynamic and relational database based on MySQL (https://www.mysql.com) with a web interface realized in php (https://www.php.net) through responsive design technique, i.e., able to graphically adapt automatically to any device on which it is displayed (pc, tablet, smartphone, etc..).
The need for an infrastructure capable of acquiring, storing, organizing, and publishing multi-parameter data in near-real time arose as a result of the design of the Garda multi-parameter network, named PDnet (http://terremoti.ingv.it/instruments/network/ZO), installed starting in 2021 as part of Task-S2 of the INGV Dynamic Planet project.
PDnet (https://ingvterremoti.com/2021/12/10/la-rete-del-lago-di-garda-una-nuova-infrastruttura-dellingv-per-il-monitoraggio-multiparametrico/) currently consists of 9 multi-parameter stations that send real-time data to the Data Processing Center (DPC) of the INGV section in Milan (https://www.mi.ingv.it/). The information collected is from sensors of different types, such as seismometers, accelerometers, hydrogeochemical sensors, carbon dioxide (CO2) flux sensors, radon gas concentration sensors, and weather stations.
In particular, PDnet seismo-accelerometer stations converge into the archives of the National Earthquake Observatory (ONT-INGV, https://www.ont.ingv.it/) in real time for the Seismic Surveillance Service activities carried out at the INGV Rome Operations Room.
The PDnet multiparameter sites were carried out in collaboration with local administrations (municipalities of Tremosine sul Garda, Dolcè, Negrar and Fiorano Modenese) and water plant operators (Acque Bresciane S.r.l., Acque Veronesi s.c.a.r.l., Azienda Gardesana Servizi S.p.A, Alto Trevigiano Servizi S.p.a.) that led to the selection of locations equipped with water wells in which to house, in addition to seismic stations, multi-parameter instrumentation for possible correlations between seismic phenomena and variations in groundwater parameters, such as groundwater level elevation, temperature and conductivity as well as variation in radon gas concentration and ground CO2 emission.
Weather stations have also been installed at the sites to monitor meteorological parameters, particularly rainfall variations as well as any diurnal/nighttime and seasonal variations in temperature, pressure, atmospheric humidity, wind speed and direction. In particular, radon stations converge into the national INGV IRON network (Italian Radon Monitoring Network, https://www.ingv.it/en/monitoring-and-infrastructure/monitoring-networks/ingv-and-its-networks/iron).
MUDA also archives data from multiparameter stations set up at some sites of the National Seismic Network (RSN, http://terremoti.ingv.it/instruments/network/IV) of INGV, as well as a multiparameter station in collaboration with the Dynamic Planet PROMUD 2023-2025 (Definition of a multidisciplinary monitoring PROtocol for MUD volcanoes) project, focused in the Salse di Nirano Reserve (MO). The installation phase of 2 additional multiparameter sites in the intermountain basin of Norcia (PG) is currently underway as part of the Dynamic Planet GEMME 2023-2025 (Integrated Geological, gEophysical and geocheMical approaches for 3D Modeling of complex seismic site Effects) project.
MUDA is a dynamic relational database designed and built using a tabular structure capable of correlating data of different nature and adaptable to additional types of data from other projects and able to integrate with those already acquired both through real-time and off-line transmission vectors.
MUDA publishes daily multi-parameter data updated to the previous day and offers the possibility to view and download dynamic time series for all available data and for different periods, up to a maximum of 30 days. For data for longer periods, send request via email to muda@ingv.it
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