About the Lab

The Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array consists of the PANGA Geodesy Laboratory at Central Washington University and about 350 continuously operating, high-precision GPS receivers located throughout the Pacific Northwest ...read more...

Facilities

• Geodesy Lab/Central Washington University

Research

• Faculty, Staff and Students in the Lab
• Publications produced by the Lab

Partners

• The Panga Community
• Our Sponsors
• WSRN / ORGN / RGPS / PC3N

News

March 11th Mw=8.9 Sendai Earthquake

• GIPSY Kinematic Point Positioning
• Tiltmeter & Real-time GPS from Pacific NW

Local, Regional and National News Media

• PANGA in the news

PANGA's Cascadia Earthquake Rupture Model

• ETS constraints on future subduction zone earthquakes moves rupture patch inland

PANGA & USGS Joint GPS Occupation

• Three Sisters Volcano

Real Time GPS Available

• PANGA uses real-time GPS to monitor crustal deformation & mitigate natural hazards
• Nisqually Earthquake Response

Data Products

Timeseries, plots, maps and datafiles for GPS sites in the Pacific Northwest and a network of very-long-baseline tiltmeter sites around the Puget Sound.

GPS Data

• GPS Station Map / Tiltmeter Sites
• Real-time GPS data / Site Photos
• Data Viewer showing individual time series with the full site history
• Regional Deformation: grouped time series with last 4.5 years of deformation
• Tiltmeter Time Series
• Download RINEX files and Metadata

Maps

• Velocity Field of the Pacific Northwest
• Slow Earthquake transient deformation

GPS Monitoring of Natural Hazards

PANGA uses GPS, tilt and strain data to monitor a variety of natural hazards, processes, and structures throughout the Pacific Northwest. ...read more...

Monitoring Structures

• Alaska Way Viaduct Seattle
• Howard Hansen Dam
• Tolt Reservoir
• SR 520

Instrumentation

• GPS Monument Design
• Tilt Data Processing
• Tiltmeter Design and Construction



Interactive Timeseries Tool