CTEMPs Training on Fiber-Optic Sensing Systems
One-Day Hands-On Training in Distributed Acoustic & Temperature Sensing
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📅 Sunday, December 06, 2026
📍 In-Person | Room 158 - South, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA 94103
🏔 2026 AGU Conference
🏔 Workshop SCIWS11 | ID 280153
Workshop At A Glance
A fast-paced, hands-on introduction to Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) for Earth and environmental applications. Learn practical approaches to field deployment, data acquisition, quality control, and first-look processing through demonstrations, examples, and exercises.
About CTEMPs
CTEMPs provides field-deployable, high-precision fiber-optic temperature and acoustic measurement systems and Openly Published Environmental Sensors. User fees are kept low, and staff scientists support experiment design, installation, hands-on training, and data analysis
Instruments are available through an online request process and non-commercial projects for discovery and education are welcome. CTEMPs also offers test sites for experiment de-risking and pilot-study support to help new investigators to get started.
Register Through AGU
All workshop participants must register for AGU26. A separate scientific workshop ticket is required in addition to Annual Meeting registration. In-person only; no virtual component or recording. agu.org/annual-meeting
How CTEMPs Can Help
Field-deployable DAS and STS systems
Experimental design and deployment planning
Fiber installation, coupling, splicing, and field logistics
Hands-on training and troubleshooting
Data-processing and analysis guidance
Test sites and pilot-study for new investigators
What You Will Learn
✅DAS & DTS hardware/interrogator fundamentals, capabilities, and limitations
✅ Installation and fiber-coupling options for field deployments
✅ Acquisition planning: sampling, gauge length, SNR, bandwidth, time sync, and metadata
✅ Quality control and troubleshooting of common noise and coupling issues
✅ First-look processing: filtering, seismic, infrastructure, and geohazard applications
Who Should Attend?
✔ Graduate students and postdocs
✔ Faculty incorporating fiber-optic sensing in research
✔ Scientists in geophysics, hydrology, civil engineering, and environmental sciences
✔ Researchers interested in seismic hazard, groundwater monitoring, and near-surface processes
Meet The Instructors
· Eileen Martin – Colorado School of Mines
· Adrian Harpold – University of Nevada, Reno
· Mark Hausner – Desert Research Institute
· Chris Kratt – University of Nevada, Reno
· Sara Sayyadi – University of Nevada, Reno
Workshop Questions
Sara Sayyadi – University of Nevada, Reno ssayyadi@unr.edu
Chris Kratt – University of Nevada, Reno krattc@unr.edu
Contact
For questions: ssayyadi@unr.edu
Website: ctemps.org