Y.H. Shamkhi¹

¹Iraqi National Monitoring Authority

Abstract:

We study explosions and earthquakes which occur in our region and worldwide to contribute to stopping nuclear explosions and support the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) verification regime. The National Data Center (NDC) in Iraq was established to enable the country to have access to the International Monitoring System (IMS) data and the International Data Center (IDC) products. In our capacity we are helping to verify compliance with the CTBT. Our center has technical expertise in seismic and radionuclide technologies. Recently we started working with IMS infrasound data. We analyzed an explosion in Ukrainian ammunition depot, which took place on 9 October 2018. We used IDC products and data from infrasound stations to analyze this event with software DTK-(G)PMCC (Progressive Multi-Channel Correlation). Also, we applied the NDC-in-a-Box software package (Geotool, SeisComP3) to analyze a seismic event that occurred at the Iran-Iraq border on 06-01-2019. Recently a Capacity Building System (CBS) was installed by the CTBTO team in our NDC. We are using IDC data and products and CBS data for the purpose of developing our capacity to receive, analyze and investigate incident events.