Earthquake are causing immeasurable damage to human life and is preventing socio economic development in devastated areas. To improve our capacity to forecast earthquake is the main objective of artEmis.
ArtEmis will develop a smart sensor system, monitoring radon, temperature, acidity and other observables in groundwater in real time. The ground-breaking sensor design will assure affordability, resilience and low power consumption optimizing life cycle management. The project aims to produce 100-200 sensors, that will be deployed in sensitive sites in collaboration with municipalities. Changes in radon concentration have the potential to serve as precursor for earthquakes and volcano eruptions. To advance our knowledge in this field we develop a cheap sensor system, that can be employed on a large scale in earthquake prone areas of Europe. The real time collected data is used to build machine learning (ML) models for the analysis. The collected and AI processed data will generate a real time map of hydrological and geochemical changes that is shared to the scientific community and public bodies engaged in the project. We expect artEmis to advance our knowledge.
Building risk awareness, supporting mitigation strategies via communication to local, regional and national stakeholders is an integrated part of the artEmis project.