MDesign

Seismic Monitoring Network Design

Specialized software for designing and evaluating seismic monitoring networks, helping optimize sensor configurations, event detectability, and location accuracy across complex subsurface environments.

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3D vertical slices through the model coloured by minimum detectable magnitude (Mw −2.0 to 0.5), with the lowest values around two monitoring wells — Detectability: minimum detectable magnitude on vertical slices for a surface array combined with well geophones (Groningen case study).Image courtesy of NORSAR Innovation

Overview

MDesign supports the planning of seismic monitoring networks. It evaluates how sensor layouts affect the ability to detect and locate seismic events.

Teams can compare configurations and understand network performance before and during deployment.

Key capabilities

Seismic sensor network design
Network detectability analysis
Event location uncertainty evaluation
Sensor configuration optimization
Network redundancy and failure analysis
Seismic monitoring performance evaluation

Applications

Network planning: design and compare sensor configurations for a monitoring area.

Performance assessment: estimate detectability and event location uncertainty across the area of interest.

Resilience: analyze how the network performs if individual sensors fail.

3D vertical slices coloured by horizontal location error in kilometres (0 to 0.5 km) for a surface sensor array — Location uncertainty: horizontal location error on vertical slices for a surface sensor array (Groningen case study).Image courtesy of NORSAR Innovation

Developer

Developed by

NORSAR Innovation develops specialized software for seismic modeling, reservoir-scale seismic simulation and seismic monitoring. We supply a selection of its solutions.

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Technical resources

Official product page — NORSAR Innovation

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