The Friuli Regional Deformation network (FReDNet) of continuously operating Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers monitors crustal deformation along northeast boundary of the Adriatic microplate, which in the Friuli region is thought to be on the order of 2 mm/yr north-south convergence.


FReDNet is operated by the Centro Ricerche Sismologiche (CRS) of the Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS).
The principal goals of the FReDNet program are to determine the distribution of deformation in this region, to estimate interseismic strain accumulation on its active faults to better assess seismic hazards, to monitor hazardous faults for emergency response management, and to provide infrastructure for geodetic data management and processing.
FReDNet will also be part of a proposed larger program of geodetic monitoring of the Adriatic microplate that includes repeating episodic measurements of geodetic points.


Most of the stations will be colocated with broadband seismometers maintained by the OGS, allowing us to employ some of the procedures developed at the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory (BSL) to integrate geodetic and seismic data from the BARD and BDSN networks.In April 2002, David Zuliani of the CRS visited the BSL to better study these procedures.