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Mojave Desert Acoustic Sanctuary
STATION-DESERT-ALPHASTATUS: ACTIVE_CONTINUOUS
Mojave Desert Acoustic Sanctuary
Location: Mojave Basin, California, USA · Coordinates: 35°00'42.1"N 115°28'19.4"W
CHANNELS
32 Transducers
FREQUENCY RANGE
0.05 Hz – 48.0 kHz
ESTABLISHED
2021
FOOTPRINT
1.2 km perimeter distributed array
FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE OVERVIEW
An isolated desert research compound equipped with ground-coupled geophones, wideband VLF radio loops, and acoustic wind-sheltered microphone pods. Serves as a primary test bed for low-noise environmental recording and long-range acoustic propagation studies.
PUBLIC ACCESS & LISTENING PROTOCOL
Restricted field station; open to visiting sound artists by seasonal fellowship.
DEPLOYED INSTRUMENTATION CLUSTER
- Triaxial Solenoid Geophones
- VLF Loop Receivers
- Ultrasonic Bat Detectors
- Low-Noise Preamplifiers
- Solar Battery Banks