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The USArray Transportable Array (TA) is a set of more than 400 stations traversing the United States from West to East over a 10 year time span.  In 2013 when stations are installed in their East Coast locations they will be operated until 2015 such that each site will have recorded 2 years of observational data.

There is no firm plan regarding what to do with stations that are removed from their "final" East Coast sites.  The NSF, IRIS and the community are actively discussing options.  One possbility is to deploy the array, in some form, across Alaska.

For more on USArray please visit http://www.usarray.org/ 

The USArray Transportable Array (TA) is a set of more than 400 stations traversing the United States from the west coast to the east coast over a 10 year time span. Each site will record approximately 2 years of observational data. The stations will reach their east coast locations in 2013 and will be removed or otherwise ended in 2015.

There is no firm plan regarding what to do with the stations after the current project ends. The National Science Foundation, IRIS, and the community are actively discussing options.  One possibility is to deploy the array, in some form, across Alaska. One test station, TA.TOLK, has been deployed in Alaska as a feasibility study.

For more information about USArray please visit http://www.usarray.org/ .