Open Engineering (Dec 2021)

COVID-19 lockdown impact on CERN seismic station ambient noise levels

  • Ścisło Łukasz,
  • Łacny Łukasz,
  • Guinchard Michael

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/eng-2021-0124
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1233 – 1240

Abstract

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Seismic measuring stations do not only record seismic waves. They also pick up tremors caused by other factors: these are known as seismic background noise. In normal conditions, this environmental background is steady over a long time. This article presents the influence of high reduction of human activity due to COVID-19 initial lockdown on ground vibration in the Large Hadron Collider tunnel at the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

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