Conception, verification and application of innovative techniques to study active volcanoes, Edited by Warner Marzocchi e Aldo Zollo, ISBN 978-88-89972-09-0, 2008.
G. Iannaccone, S. Guardato, M. Vassallo, L. Beranzoli
CUMAS (Cabled Underwater Module for Acquisition of Seismological data) is an underwater module that is equipped with different types of sensors that have been developed for the acquisition of geophysical signals on the shallow seafloor, for geohazard monitoring in volcanic areas. It was conceived for the specific application in the Campi Flegrei caldera (southern Italy), where the main features of the present volcanic activity consist of slow soil movements (bradyseism) accompanied by intense and shallow seismic activity.
The aim of CUMAS is to:
– continuously acquire geophysical and oceanographic data on the seafloor according to a single time reference, and to store them on hard disk;
– transmit the acquired data in real time to an acquisition centre on land;
– receive commands from the land centre and modify its acquisition configuration accordingly.