In the framework of the WP3.4, entitled to "Non-standard risk monitoring", teams from the Centre for Early Warning system (CEWS) at GFZ Potsdam and ESG met at the Soultz site on 12 December 2016. After ESG introduced the Soultz-sous-Forêts and Rittershoffen geothermal sites, GFZ presented an overview of their expertise in real-time monitoring capabilities, early warning systems for risk assessment and vulnerability studies. A list of relevant topics regarding future monitoring on site has been compiled. It includes the following tasks which could be tackled in early 2017: rapid characterization of the area, data acquisition with a google car, rapid map of exposure, new sensors, sensor deployment, site effects, permitting and information of city hall, selection of representative or critical structures (houses) and vulnerability models. A preliminary typology of the houses and buildings in this area has already been initiated by GFZ. In the following, we will focus on the deployment and installation of sensors in Northern Alsace around Soultz and Rittershoffen.

GFZ and ESG