Earthscope Consortium

SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE AND EARTHSCOPE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EARTHSCOPE FACILITY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE (FY2008-FY2013) (USARRAY)

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE) - EAR SCOPE

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE) -THE IRIS (INCORPORATED RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS FOR SEISMOLOGY) CONSORTIUM WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER FACILITY ENTITLED SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE). EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE A SET OF FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FRONTIER ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE RESEARCH. THE FACILITY WILL PROMOTE ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS, EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE SOLID EARTH, HYDROSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE THROUGH MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF: 1) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING SEISMIC NETWORKS, INCLUDING THE GLOBAL SEISMOGRAPHIC NETWORK; 2) PORTABLE GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY EXPERIMENTS; 3) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, CURATION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPEN ACCESS DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS; AND 4) EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE GEOSCIENCES. THE SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE SAGE CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; NATIONAL SECURITY; AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS FROM SAGE WILL BE USED BY STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MISSION AGENCY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING EARTHQUAKE MONITORING AND CHARACTERIZATION, TSUNAMI WARNING, WEATHER FORECASTING, WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, AND NUCLEAR TEST MONITORING. SAGE PROGRAMS WILL ALSO SUPPORT INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE EDUCATION, ENHANCING STUDENTS' ABILITIES TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, AND ENABLING THEM TO PURSUE STEM CAREERS IN ACADEMIA, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, AND GOVERNMENT. THE SAGE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PROMOTE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SCIENCE LITERACY. THE SAGE FACILITY PROVIDES INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES; DATA SERVICES; AND EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF SEISMOLOGY. RESEARCHERS USE SAGE TO GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO FUNDAMENTAL EARTH PROCESSES, AND SAGE ALSO PROVIDES KEY DATA FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NEEDS, INCLUDING MONITORING EFFORTS OF CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR TESTS. THE SCIENTIFIC PRIORITIES OF THE NEW FACILITY WOULD ENABLE ADVANCES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: (1) GLOBAL EARTH STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS: THE FACILITY WOULD ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO RESOLVE THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR AND ENABLE INVESTIGATORS TO STUDY PROCESSES THAT DRIVE PLATE TECTONICS AND NATURAL HAZARDS SUCH AS EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. (2) FAULT ZONES AND THE EARTHQUAKE CYCLE: OVER THE LAST DECADE, SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A BROAD ARRAY OF FAULT ZONE SLIP BEHAVIORS THAT SPAN A WIDE VARIETY OF TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALES. THE SAGE FACILITY WILL ENABLE A VARIETY OF SEISMIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS TO ELUCIDATE HOW THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEHAVIORS START AND STOP, VARY ALONG FAULT ZONES, AND INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER. (3) MAGMAS AND VOLATILES IN THE CRUST AND MANTLE: GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION IS CRITICAL FOR UNDERSTANDING VOLCANIC SYSTEMS AND MINIMIZING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC HAZARDS. THE CAPABILITIES PROVIDED BY SAGE WILL ENABLE RESEARCHERS TO STUDY MELT PRODUCTION, MONITOR ITS TRANSPORT THROUGH THE CRUST, AND MAP OUT THE PLUMBING SYSTEMS OF VOLCANOES. (4) HYDROSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE: AN AREA OF INCREASING COMMUNITY INTEREST IS UTILIZING GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS TO STUDY PROCESSES AT THE EARTH'S SURFACE. THE SAGE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDY PROCESSES IN THE NEAR-SURFACE, SUCH AS HYDROLOGY, CRYOSPHERIC PROCESSES, AND GLACIER DYNAMICS. (5) EDUCATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: SAGE WILL DEVELOP A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND ENABLE HUNDREDS OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES. A MAJOR FOCUS OF THE SAGE ACTIVITIES WILL BE ON BROADENING PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS THROUGH IRIS' NEW URBAN GEOSYSTEMS FOCUS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FACILITY WILL DEVELOP ANIMATIONS, SIMULATIONS, AND OTHER VISUALIZATIONS OF EARTH PROCESSES TO HELP INSTRUCTORS AT ALL LEVEL TEACH ABOUT EARTH SCIENCE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

IRIS: CORNERSTONE FACILITIES FOR SEISMOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL FACILITY (NGF): ADVANCING EARTH SCIENCE CAPABILITIES THROUGH INNOVATION - EAR SCOPE -GEODESY IS THE SCIENCE OF MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING THE EARTH?S SHAPE AND ITS ORIENTATION IN SPACE, AS WELL AS THE CHANGES OF THESE PROPERTIES WITH TIME. SEISMOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF ELASTIC WAVES IN THE EARTH, THE SOURCES THAT GENERATE SUCH WAVES, AND THE EARTH STRUCTURE THROUGH WHICH THEY TRAVEL. COMBINED, GEODESY AND SEISMOLOGY PLAY CRITICAL ROLES IN UNDERSTANDING THE DEFORMATION OF THE EARTH?S SURFACE AND ADDRESSING QUESTIONS ABOUT EARTH?S STRUCTURE, EVOLUTION, AND DYNAMICS, INCLUDING PROBLEMS OF SIGNIFICANT SOCIETAL RELEVANCE, SUCH AS NATURAL HAZARDS, RESOURCES, AND NATIONAL SECURITY. ?THE NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL FACILITY: ADVANCING EARTH SCIENCE CAPABILITIES THROUGH INNOVATION? AWARD SUPPORTS NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESOURCES FOR DISCOVERIES ACROSS EARTH SCIENCE AND ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF GEODESY AND SEISMOLOGY. THE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION, DATA CAPABILITIES, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SPANNING MANY DISCIPLINES AND APPLICATIONS, FROM EARTHQUAKE PHYSICS TO SPACE WEATHER. BY SHARING SENSORS, DATA, AND ANALYSIS TOOLS ACROSS THOUSANDS OF INVESTIGATIONS, THE NATIONAL FACILITY MAXIMIZES BOTH OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT. THE CAPABILITIES OF THE FACILITY ARE ALSO BEING USED BEYOND THE RESEARCH DOMAIN TO MONITOR GEOPHYSICAL AND NUCLEAR THREAT DETECTION, TO ADVANCE FORECASTING AND PREPAREDNESS, AND TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. THE NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL FACILITY (NGF) WILL OPERATE SEVERAL FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING A LARGE POOL OF ADVANCED GEOPHYSICAL SENSORS OF MORE THAN 40 DIFFERENT TYPES, OPERATION OF PERSISTENT GLOBAL AND REGIONAL SENSOR NETWORKS DELIVERING LOW-LATENCY DATA, A CLOUD-NATIVE DATA REPOSITORY WITH MULTIPLE POINTS OF ACCESS AND DATA ANALYSIS SERVICES AND PRODUCTS, AND A RANGE OF OUTREACH, TRAINING, AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. THESE COMPONENTS SUPPORT RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT IN EARTH SCIENCE FROM THE INNER CORE TO THE OUTERMOST ATMOSPHERE. SOME NOVEL RESEARCH DIRECTIONS AND APPLICATIONS ENABLED BY FACILITY ADVANCEMENT INCLUDE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING APPROACHES TO HAZARDS AND THEIR CASCADING IMPACTS, OCEAN-BOTTOM CAPABILITIES IN GEODESY, INTEGRATION OF NEAR-SURFACE OBSERVATIONS WITH SOLID-EARTH DATA, AND NOVEL PLATFORMS FOR INDEPENDENT AND ASYNCHRONOUS TECHNICAL TRAINING. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE) - EAR SCOPE -UNAVCO WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE). GEODESY CHARACTERIZES THE EARTH'S TIME VARYING SHAPE, ORIENTATION IN SPACE, MASS DISTRIBUTION, AND GRAVITY FIELD. IT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE GEOSCIENCES, BY MEASURING EARTH CHANGES WITH UNPRECEDENTED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION. THE GAGE FACILITY EMPLOYS EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, TO MANAGE AND OPERATE A SET OF FOUNDATIONAL GEODETIC CAPABILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FRONTIER GEODETIC ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE RESEARCH. THE FACILITY WILL PROMOTE ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARY PROCESSES; THE PROCESSES THAT DRIVE EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS; CONTINENTAL WATER STORAGE, ATMOSPHERIC, ICE SHEET AND GLACIER DYNAMICS; AND INTERACTIONS AMONG THESE COMPONENTS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM. THE GEODETIC CAPABILITIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE GAGE FACILITY CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DATA PRODUCTS FROM GAGE WILL BE USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, FOR MISSIONS INCLUDING SPACECRAFT POSITIONING, SATELLITE ORBIT, AND TIMING CORRECTIONS; EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, AND VOLCANO EARLY WARNING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WATER RESOURCES; AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION WILL USE GAGE DATA TO HELP SUPPORT TRAFFIC MONITORING AND CONTROL AND INCREASINGLY GAGE DATA WILL SUPPORT COMMERCIAL SECTOR POSITIONING NEEDS INCLUDING FOR AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEYING, TRANSPORTATION (INCLUDING AIR, RAIL, AND MARITIME), MINING AND RESOURCE EXPLORATION, AND FLEET VEHICLE TRACKING. THE GAGE FACILITY WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE: 1) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING GLOBAL NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AND COMPLEMENTARY GEODETIC TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS; 2) PORTABLE GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY EXPERIMENTS; 3) GEODETIC INSTRUMENTATION TESTING AND SUPPORT SERVICE; 3) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, CURATION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPEN ACCESS DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS; AND 4) EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION GEOSCIENCES WORKFORCE, ARE DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE GEOSCIENCES, AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC BY HIGHLIGHTING ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR SOCIETAL RELEVANCE. INNOVATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM GAGE EXAMINES BOTH THE DYNAMICS OF INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES AND THE NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS WITHIN AND AMONG LARGER EARTH SYSTEMS. THE STUDY OF ACTIVE PROCESSES FROM GEOCENTER MOTION TO THE STUDIES OF THE LITHOSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUPLING AND FEEDBACKS ACROSS A RANGE OF LENGTH AND TIME SCALES, AND BETWEEN THE SOLID EARTH AND ITS FLUID ENVELOPES, IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS. UNDER NSF, AND NASA PARTNER AGENCY SUPPORT FOR GAGE, UNAVCO WILL INTEGRATE AND FEDERATE A SET OF CURRENTLY OPERATED BUT AT PRESENT INDEPENDENTLY MANAGED GNSS STATIONS TO FORM THE NETWORK OF THE AMERICAS (NOTA). UNAVCO WILL MODERNIZE NOTA STATIONS WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART, MULTI-SENSOR, MULTI-GNSS, RECEIVERS WITH REAL-TIME STREAMING DATA AND ANALYSIS. THESE ENHANCEMENTS WILL ENABLE HIGHER PRECISION POSITIONING THAN CURRENTLY POSSIBLE AND NEW APPLICATION OF GNSS DATA THAT CAN BE USED FOR GEOHAZARDS WARNING SYSTEMS, STUDY OF OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOR, AND OBSERVATION OF KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS SUCH AS WATER STORAGE, SOIL MOISTURE, AND SEA AND LAKE-LEVEL CHANGES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

A COMMUNITY-BASED OBSIP MANAGEMENT OFFICE

FACILITATING NEW DISCOVERIES IN SEISMOLOGY AND EXPLORING THE EARTH: THE NEXT DECADE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EARTHSCOPE-ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT (USARRAY)

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EARTHSCOPE-FACILITY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (USARRAY)

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE) -UNAVCO WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE). GEODESY CHARACTERIZES THE EARTH'S TIME VARYING SHAPE, ORIENTATION IN SPACE, MASS DISTRIBUTION, AND GRAVITY FIELD. IT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE GEOSCIENCES, BY MEASURING EARTH CHANGES WITH UNPRECEDENTED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION. THE GAGE FACILITY EMPLOYS EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, TO MANAGE AND OPERATE A SET OF FOUNDATIONAL GEODETIC CAPABILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FRONTIER GEODETIC ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE RESEARCH. THE FACILITY WILL PROMOTE ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARY PROCESSES; THE PROCESSES THAT DRIVE EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS; CONTINENTAL WATER STORAGE, ATMOSPHERIC, ICE SHEET AND GLACIER DYNAMICS; AND INTERACTIONS AMONG THESE COMPONENTS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM. THE GEODETIC CAPABILITIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE GAGE FACILITY CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DATA PRODUCTS FROM GAGE WILL BE USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, FOR MISSIONS INCLUDING SPACECRAFT POSITIONING, SATELLITE ORBIT, AND TIMING CORRECTIONS; EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, AND VOLCANO EARLY WARNING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WATER RESOURCES; AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION WILL USE GAGE DATA TO HELP SUPPORT TRAFFIC MONITORING AND CONTROL AND INCREASINGLY GAGE DATA WILL SUPPORT COMMERCIAL SECTOR POSITIONING NEEDS INCLUDING FOR AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEYING, TRANSPORTATION (INCLUDING AIR, RAIL, AND MARITIME), MINING AND RESOURCE EXPLORATION, AND FLEET VEHICLE TRACKING. THE GAGE FACILITY WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE: 1) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING GLOBAL NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AND COMPLEMENTARY GEODETIC TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS; 2) PORTABLE GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY EXPERIMENTS; 3) GEODETIC INSTRUMENTATION TESTING AND SUPPORT SERVICE; 3) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, CURATION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPEN ACCESS DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS; AND 4) EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION GEOSCIENCES WORKFORCE, ARE DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE GEOSCIENCES, AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC BY HIGHLIGHTING ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR SOCIETAL RELEVANCE. INNOVATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM GAGE EXAMINES BOTH THE DYNAMICS OF INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES AND THE NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS WITHIN AND AMONG LARGER EARTH SYSTEMS. THE STUDY OF ACTIVE PROCESSES FROM GEOCENTER MOTION TO THE STUDIES OF THE LITHOSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUPLING AND FEEDBACKS ACROSS A RANGE OF LENGTH AND TIME SCALES, AND BETWEEN THE SOLID EARTH AND ITS FLUID ENVELOPES, IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS. UNDER NSF, AND NASA PARTNER AGENCY SUPPORT FOR GAGE, UNAVCO WILL INTEGRATE AND FEDERATE A SET OF CURRENTLY OPERATED BUT AT PRESENT INDEPENDENTLY MANAGED GNSS STATIONS TO FORM THE NETWORK OF THE AMERICAS (NOTA). UNAVCO WILL MODERNIZE NOTA STATIONS WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART, MULTI-SENSOR, MULTI-GNSS, RECEIVERS WITH REAL-TIME STREAMING DATA AND ANALYSIS. THESE ENHANCEMENTS WILL ENABLE HIGHER PRECISION POSITIONING THAN CURRENTLY POSSIBLE AND NEW APPLICATION OF GNSS DATA THAT CAN BE USED FOR GEOHAZARDS WARNING SYSTEMS, STUDY OF OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOR, AND OBSERVATION OF KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS SUCH AS WATER STORAGE, SOIL MOISTURE, AND SEA AND LAKE-LEVEL CHANGES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE) - OPP SCOPE

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE) - OPP SCOPE -UNAVCO WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE). GEODESY CHARACTERIZES THE EARTH'S TIME VARYING SHAPE, ORIENTATION IN SPACE, MASS DISTRIBUTION, AND GRAVITY FIELD. IT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE GEOSCIENCES, BY MEASURING EARTH CHANGES WITH UNPRECEDENTED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION. THE GAGE FACILITY EMPLOYS EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, TO MANAGE AND OPERATE A SET OF FOUNDATIONAL GEODETIC CAPABILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FRONTIER GEODETIC ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE RESEARCH. THE FACILITY WILL PROMOTE ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARY PROCESSES; THE PROCESSES THAT DRIVE EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS; CONTINENTAL WATER STORAGE, ATMOSPHERIC, ICE SHEET AND GLACIER DYNAMICS; AND INTERACTIONS AMONG THESE COMPONENTS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM. THE GEODETIC CAPABILITIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE GAGE FACILITY CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DATA PRODUCTS FROM GAGE WILL BE USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, FOR MISSIONS INCLUDING SPACECRAFT POSITIONING, SATELLITE ORBIT, AND TIMING CORRECTIONS; EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, AND VOLCANO EARLY WARNING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WATER RESOURCES; AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION WILL USE GAGE DATA TO HELP SUPPORT TRAFFIC MONITORING AND CONTROL AND INCREASINGLY GAGE DATA WILL SUPPORT COMMERCIAL SECTOR POSITIONING NEEDS INCLUDING FOR AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEYING, TRANSPORTATION (INCLUDING AIR, RAIL, AND MARITIME), MINING AND RESOURCE EXPLORATION, AND FLEET VEHICLE TRACKING. THE GAGE FACILITY WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE: 1) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING GLOBAL NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AND COMPLEMENTARY GEODETIC TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS; 2) PORTABLE GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY EXPERIMENTS; 3) GEODETIC INSTRUMENTATION TESTING AND SUPPORT SERVICE; 3) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, CURATION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPEN ACCESS DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS; AND 4) EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION GEOSCIENCES WORKFORCE, ARE DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE GEOSCIENCES, AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC BY HIGHLIGHTING ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR SOCIETAL RELEVANCE. INNOVATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM GAGE EXAMINES BOTH THE DYNAMICS OF INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES AND THE NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS WITHIN AND AMONG LARGER EARTH SYSTEMS. THE STUDY OF ACTIVE PROCESSES FROM GEOCENTER MOTION TO THE STUDIES OF THE LITHOSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUPLING AND FEEDBACKS ACROSS A RANGE OF LENGTH AND TIME SCALES, AND BETWEEN THE SOLID EARTH AND ITS FLUID ENVELOPES, IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS. UNDER NSF, AND NASA PARTNER AGENCY SUPPORT FOR GAGE, UNAVCO WILL INTEGRATE AND FEDERATE A SET OF CURRENTLY OPERATED BUT AT PRESENT INDEPENDENTLY MANAGED GNSS STATIONS TO FORM THE NETWORK OF THE AMERICAS (NOTA). UNAVCO WILL MODERNIZE NOTA STATIONS WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART, MULTI-SENSOR, MULTI-GNSS, RECEIVERS WITH REAL-TIME STREAMING DATA AND ANALYSIS. THESE ENHANCEMENTS WILL ENABLE HIGHER PRECISION POSITIONING THAN CURRENTLY POSSIBLE AND NEW APPLICATION OF GNSS DATA THAT CAN BE USED FOR GEOHAZARDS WARNING SYSTEMS, STUDY OF OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOR, AND OBSERVATION OF KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS SUCH AS WATER STORAGE, SOIL MOISTURE, AND SEA AND LAKE-LEVEL CHANGES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE)-NASA SCOPE -UNAVCO WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE). GEODESY CHARACTERIZES THE EARTH'S TIME VARYING SHAPE, ORIENTATION IN SPACE, MASS DISTRIBUTION, AND GRAVITY FIELD. IT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE GEOSCIENCES, BY MEASURING EARTH CHANGES WITH UNPRECEDENTED SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION. THE GAGE FACILITY EMPLOYS EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, TO MANAGE AND OPERATE A SET OF FOUNDATIONAL GEODETIC CAPABILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FRONTIER GEODETIC ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE RESEARCH. THE FACILITY WILL PROMOTE ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARY PROCESSES; THE PROCESSES THAT DRIVE EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND LANDSLIDE HAZARDS; CONTINENTAL WATER STORAGE, ATMOSPHERIC, ICE SHEET AND GLACIER DYNAMICS; AND INTERACTIONS AMONG THESE COMPONENTS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM. THE GEODETIC CAPABILITIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE GAGE FACILITY CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DATA PRODUCTS FROM GAGE WILL BE USED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, FOR MISSIONS INCLUDING SPACECRAFT POSITIONING, SATELLITE ORBIT, AND TIMING CORRECTIONS; EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, AND VOLCANO EARLY WARNING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WATER RESOURCES; AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION WILL USE GAGE DATA TO HELP SUPPORT TRAFFIC MONITORING AND CONTROL AND INCREASINGLY GAGE DATA WILL SUPPORT COMMERCIAL SECTOR POSITIONING NEEDS INCLUDING FOR AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEYING, TRANSPORTATION (INCLUDING AIR, RAIL, AND MARITIME), MINING AND RESOURCE EXPLORATION, AND FLEET VEHICLE TRACKING. THE GAGE FACILITY WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE: 1) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING GLOBAL NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AND COMPLEMENTARY GEODETIC TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS; 2) PORTABLE GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY EXPERIMENTS; 3) GEODETIC INSTRUMENTATION TESTING AND SUPPORT SERVICE; 3) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, CURATION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPEN ACCESS DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS; AND 4) EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION GEOSCIENCES WORKFORCE, ARE DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE GEOSCIENCES, AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC BY HIGHLIGHTING ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR SOCIETAL RELEVANCE. INNOVATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM GAGE EXAMINES BOTH THE DYNAMICS OF INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES AND THE NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS WITHIN AND AMONG LARGER EARTH SYSTEMS. THE STUDY OF ACTIVE PROCESSES FROM GEOCENTER MOTION TO THE STUDIES OF THE LITHOSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUPLING AND FEEDBACKS ACROSS A RANGE OF LENGTH AND TIME SCALES, AND BETWEEN THE SOLID EARTH AND ITS FLUID ENVELOPES, IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS. UNDER NSF, AND NASA PARTNER AGENCY SUPPORT FOR GAGE, UNAVCO WILL INTEGRATE AND FEDERATE A SET OF CURRENTLY OPERATED BUT AT PRESENT INDEPENDENTLY MANAGED GNSS STATIONS TO FORM THE NETWORK OF THE AMERICAS (NOTA). UNAVCO WILL MODERNIZE NOTA STATIONS WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART, MULTI-SENSOR, MULTI-GNSS, RECEIVERS WITH REAL-TIME STREAMING DATA AND ANALYSIS. THESE ENHANCEMENTS WILL ENABLE HIGHER PRECISION POSITIONING THAN CURRENTLY POSSIBLE AND NEW APPLICATION OF GNSS DATA THAT CAN BE USED FOR GEOHAZARDS WARNING SYSTEMS, STUDY OF OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICAL BEHAVIOR, AND OBSERVATION OF KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS SUCH AS WATER STORAGE, SOIL MOISTURE, AND SEA AND LAKE-LEVEL CHANGES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE) -THE IRIS (INCORPORATED RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS FOR SEISMOLOGY) CONSORTIUM WILL DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-USER FACILITY ENTITLED SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE). EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, WILL MANAGE AND OPERATE A SET OF FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT, AS WELL AS FRONTIER ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENABLE FUTURE RESEARCH. THE FACILITY WILL PROMOTE ADVANCES IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS, EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE SOLID EARTH, HYDROSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE THROUGH MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF: 1) GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING SEISMIC NETWORKS, INCLUDING THE GLOBAL SEISMOGRAPHIC NETWORK; 2) PORTABLE GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR USE IN PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY EXPERIMENTS; 3) DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE COLLECTION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, CURATION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPEN ACCESS DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS; AND 4) EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE AND ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE GEOSCIENCES. THE SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE SAGE CONTRIBUTE TO ISSUES OF NATIONAL/GLOBAL STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE, INCLUDING GEOHAZARD ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; NATIONAL SECURITY; AND STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. DATA AND DATA PRODUCTS FROM SAGE WILL BE USED BY STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MISSION AGENCY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING EARTHQUAKE MONITORING AND CHARACTERIZATION, TSUNAMI WARNING, WEATHER FORECASTING, WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, AND NUCLEAR TEST MONITORING. SAGE PROGRAMS WILL ALSO SUPPORT INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE EDUCATION, ENHANCING STUDENTS' ABILITIES TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, AND ENABLING THEM TO PURSUE STEM CAREERS IN ACADEMIA, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, AND GOVERNMENT. THE SAGE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PROMOTE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SCIENCE LITERACY. THE SAGE FACILITY PROVIDES INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES; DATA SERVICES; AND EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF SEISMOLOGY. RESEARCHERS USE SAGE TO GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO FUNDAMENTAL EARTH PROCESSES, AND SAGE ALSO PROVIDES KEY DATA FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NEEDS, INCLUDING MONITORING EFFORTS OF CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR TESTS. THE SCIENTIFIC PRIORITIES OF THE NEW FACILITY WOULD ENABLE ADVANCES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: (1) GLOBAL EARTH STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS: THE FACILITY WOULD ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO RESOLVE THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR AND ENABLE INVESTIGATORS TO STUDY PROCESSES THAT DRIVE PLATE TECTONICS AND NATURAL HAZARDS SUCH AS EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. (2) FAULT ZONES AND THE EARTHQUAKE CYCLE: OVER THE LAST DECADE, SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A BROAD ARRAY OF FAULT ZONE SLIP BEHAVIORS THAT SPAN A WIDE VARIETY OF TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALES. THE SAGE FACILITY WILL ENABLE A VARIETY OF SEISMIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS TO ELUCIDATE HOW THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEHAVIORS START AND STOP, VARY ALONG FAULT ZONES, AND INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER. (3) MAGMAS AND VOLATILES IN THE CRUST AND MANTLE: GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION IS CRITICAL FOR UNDERSTANDING VOLCANIC SYSTEMS AND MINIMIZING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC HAZARDS. THE CAPABILITIES PROVIDED BY SAGE WILL ENABLE RESEARCHERS TO STUDY MELT PRODUCTION, MONITOR ITS TRANSPORT THROUGH THE CRUST, AND MAP OUT THE PLUMBING SYSTEMS OF VOLCANOES. (4) HYDROSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, AND ATMOSPHERE: AN AREA OF INCREASING COMMUNITY INTEREST IS UTILIZING GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS TO STUDY PROCESSES AT THE EARTH'S SURFACE. THE SAGE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDY PROCESSES IN THE NEAR-SURFACE, SUCH AS HYDROLOGY, CRYOSPHERIC PROCESSES, AND GLACIER DYNAMICS. (5) EDUCATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: SAGE WILL DEVELOP A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND ENABLE HUNDREDS OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES. A MAJOR FOCUS OF THE SAGE ACTIVITIES WILL BE ON BROADENING PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS THROUGH IRIS' NEW URBAN GEOSYSTEMS FOCUS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FACILITY WILL DEVELOP ANIMATIONS, SIMULATIONS, AND OTHER VISUALIZATIONS OF EARTH PROCESSES TO HELP INSTRUCTORS AT ALL LEVEL TEACH ABOUT EARTH SCIENCE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: POLAR GEOPHYSICAL FACILITY -THE NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL FACILITY (NGF) PROVIDES SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, DATA, AND WORKFORCE TRAINING FOR MANY DISCIPLINES AND APPLICATIONS, FROM EARTHQUAKE PHYSICS TO SPACE WEATHER. BY SHARING THESE RESOURCES, THE NATIONAL FACILITY INCREASES BOTH OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT. THIS AWARD IS TO FUND THE NGF TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES IN THE POLAR REGIONS. THE FACILITY WILL SUPPORT RESEARCH TRIPS TO THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC, A POOL OF SENSORS FOR SCIENTISTS TO USE, AND THE MAINTENANCE OF DATA FROM A CENTURY OF POLAR RESEARCH. THE NSF?S NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL FACILITY (NGF) PROVIDES INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING GEOPHYSICAL SENSORS, OPEN DATA, DATA PRODUCTS, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SPECIALIZED CAPABILITIES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC ARE BUILT ON THE NGF FOUNDATION. NGF-POLAR WILL ENABLE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AND MULTI-USE DEPLOYMENTS THAT EXPLORE ICE DYNAMICS, POLAR OCEANS, POLAR ECOSYSTEMS, AND POLAR PHENOMENA THAT IMPACT LOWER LATITUDES. ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY SUPPORTED BY THIS AWARD INCLUDE THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PERSISTENT POLAR SENSOR NETWORKS, ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR TEMPORARY SENSOR DEPLOYMENTS, MAINTENANCE OF OPEN DATA FROM A CENTURY OF POLAR EXPLORATION, SHARING OF REAL-TIME DATA PRODUCTS QUANTIFYING SPACE WEATHER, GLOBAL EARTHQUAKES, AND OTHER PHENOMENA, AND SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES RELATED TO POLAR SCIENCE. THESE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ADVANCE BASIC EARTH SCIENCE, COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS, NATIONAL SECURITY AND HAZARD MONITORING, POLAR EXPLORATION FOR ECONOMIC PURPOSES, AND OPERATIONS OF US POLAR FACILITIES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

MRI-CONSORTIUM: DEVELOPMENT OF A GREENLAND ICE SHEET MONITORING NETWORK

EARTHCUBE BUILDING BLOCKS: DEPLOYING WEB SERVICES ACROSS MULTIPLE GEOSCIENCE DOMAINS

GREENLAND ICE SHEET MONITORING NETWORK (GLISN) OPERATIONS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SUSTAINED RESOURCES: OPENTOPOGRAPHY - AN AI-READY CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY FOR ADVANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF A CHANGING EARTH -THIS PROJECT WILL CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE OPENTOPOGRAPHY (OT) CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORM TO PROVIDE SEAMLESS WEB-BASED ACCESS TO TOPOGRAPHIC DATA FROM TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS LIDAR, ALONG WITH PROCESSING TOOLS AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING RESOURCES. WITH THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTIONS OF TOPOGRAPHIC DATA ON THE INTERNET, OT ENABLES FUNDAMENTAL GEOSCIENCE DISCOVERIES AND INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS WITH SOCIETAL VALUE ADDRESSING HAZARDS, RESILIENCE, AND EDUCATION. CENTRALIZED ACCESS TO HIGH RESOLUTION TOPOGRAPHIC DATA PROVIDES A BASELINE OF THE EARTH?S SURFACE, VEGETATION, AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT, AND FURTHERS GEOSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, ADVANCES EDUCATION, AND BROADENS SOCIETAL IMPACTS. OPEN-ACCESS TOPOGRAPHIC DATA OFFER GREAT POTENTIAL TO INCREASE RESILIENCY IN COMMUNITIES THAT LACK RESOURCES TO MITIGATE NATURAL HAZARDS. OT?S EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND GOVERNANCE ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE BROAD AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION. OT WILL ADVANCE SCIENCE AND EDUCATION FOR THE BROADER ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE PLATFORM FOR FAIR (FINDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, INTEROPERABLE, REUSABLE) TOPOGRAPHY DATA MANAGEMENT, PUBLICATION, AND CITATION. THE OT PLATFORM WILL SUPPORT NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING USE CASES AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES FOR FACILITATING TRUSTWORTHY AND REPRODUCIBLE SCIENCE. OT WILL ENABLE NEW TOPOGRAPHIC DATA PROCESSING CAPABILITIES OVER LARGER SPATIAL AREAS AND ACROSS BROADER TIME SPANS, ENABLING WIDE USE OF OT ACROSS EARTH SCIENCE DOMAINS AND EDUCATIONAL LEVELS. OT WILL EXPAND KNOWLEDGE OF TOPOGRAPHY DATA TO NEW COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT VIA A MULTI-TIERED PLAN INCLUDING COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES INCLUDE WEBINARS, EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS ON TOPOGRAPHY, IN-PERSON SHORT COURSES AT NATIONAL MEETINGS, AND ENTRY-LEVEL UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY. THIS AWARD BY THE GEOINFORMATICS PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF EARTH SCIENCES IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL DISCOVERY CLOUD FOR CLIMATE INITIATIVE WITHIN THE DIRECTORATE FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

MRI: ACQUISITION FOR INTEGRATING GLOBAL REPORTING GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORIES WITHIN THE CHILEAN NATIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK (GRGOC)

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: OPENTOPOGRAPHY - A CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY FOR ADVANCING GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

EARTHCUBE BUILDING BLOCKS: COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL: DEPLOYING MULTI-FACILITY CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE IN COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE CLOUD-BASED SYSTEMS

INTENSE PERIODS OF SPACE WEATHER MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF CHARGED PARTICLES EMANATING FROM THE SUN CAN INTERACT WITH AND PERTURB THE EARTH'S GEOMAGNETIC FIELD. THIS ACTIVITY INDUCES ELECTRIC FIELDS IN EARTH'S UPPERMOST LAYERS. THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE BASEMENT ROCK EXPERIENCING THESE GEOMAGNETICALLY INDUCED CURRENTS (GICS) CAN INADVERTENTLY CONDUCT THESE CURRENTS INTO HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE (ELECTRIC POWER GRIDS PIPELINES ETC.) INSTEAD WITH POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE VULNERABILITY OF CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE TO GICS HAS BECOME WELL DOCUMENTED IN RECENT YEARS. FOR INSTANCE A REPEAT OF THE LARGEST SPACE WEATHER EVENT IN MODERN HISTORY THE 1859 CAR-RINGTON EVENT WITH TODAY'S INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AND LEAVE LARGE SECTIONS OF NORTH AMERICA WITHOUT ELECTRIC POWER FOR MONTHS TO YEARS. COLLECTING MAGNETOTELLURIC OBSERVATIONS RECORDS OF THE EARTH'S AMBIENT TIME-VARYING TELLURIC (ELECTRICAL) AND GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION ALLOWS INVESTIGATORS TO CHARACTERIZE THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONDUCTIVITY OF THE UNDERLYING EARTH S CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE TO ELECTRICAL CUR-RENTS. IF SURVEYED ON A REGIONAL SCALE THESE MEASUREMENTS CAN BE USED TO PREDICT THE MAGNITUDE OF GICS IN LARGE-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE AND INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE THESE EFFECTS. SINCE 2006 APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE NORTHERNMOST CONTERMINOUS U.S. HAS BEEN SURVEYED AS PART OF A NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION PROGRAM CALLED EARTHSCOPE PROVIDING VALUA-BLE CONSTRAINTS FOR UNDERSTANDING GIC HAZARDS. HERE WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE THIS EFFORT BY COL-LECTING ~52 MAGNETOTELLURIC STATION SITES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THESE DATA WILL ALLOW FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF GIC VULNERABILITIES ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE U.S. AND WILL BE OPENLY AVAILABLE TO ANY USERS FOR GENERAL SCIENCE APPLICATIONS IN EARTH AND GEOSPACE SCIENCE.

REU SITE: IRIS UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH IN SEISMOLOGY

COLLABORATIVE MRI: DEVELOPMENT OF GEOPHYSICAL EARTH OBSERVATORY FOR ICE COVERED ENVIRONMENTS (GEOICE)

REU SITE: IRIS UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH IN SEISMOLOGY

TAS::89 0309::TAS MODERNIZATION OF INSTRUMENTATION AT NINE GLOBAL SEISMOGRAPHIC NETWORK (GSN) STATIONS CONTRACT SPECIALIST - LUANN GADBERRY, PH: 50

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SZ4D CATALYST -DESPITE THE GLOBAL URGENCY TO MITIGATE THE RISK FROM GEOHAZARDS, WE STILL HAVE LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL DRIVERS BEHIND EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, AND LANDSLIDES, AND THUS THEIR PREDICTABILITY IN TIME AND SPACE. THE SZ4D (SUBDUCTION ZONES IN FOUR DIMENSIONS) INITIATIVE IS A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN EFFORT THAT STRIVES TO ADDRESS THIS NEED DIRECTLY BY COORDINATING AND ENABLING FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH ON THE UNDERLYING PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PROCESSES SPECIFICALLY IN SUBDUCTION ZONES. SZ4D SEEKS TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: WHEN AND WHERE DO LARGE DAMAGING EARTHQUAKES HAPPEN? HOW DO TRANS-CRUSTAL PROCESSES INITIATE ERUPTIONS AT ARC VOLCANOES? HOW DO EVENTS WITHIN EARTH?S ATMOSPHERE, HYDROSPHERE, AND SOLID EARTH GENERATE AND TRANSPORT SEDIMENT ACROSS SUBDUCTION ZONE LANDSCAPES AND SEASCAPES? WHAT FRACTION OF A SUBDUCTION ZONE?S ENERGY BUDGET GOES INTO BUILDING AND SHAPING SUBDUCTION ZONE LAND- AND SEASCAPES? HOW CAN WE TRANSFORM THE MINDSET OF OUR GEOSCIENCE COMMUNITY TO EMBRACE EDUCATION, OUTREACH, ACCESSIBILITY, CAPACITY BUILDING, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AS CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE SZ4D AND FUTURE SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS BY THE GEOSCIENCES COMMUNITY? ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS WILL REQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN THE FORM OF INSTRUMENTAL ARRAYS ACCOMPANIED BY SUPPORT FOR FIELD, MODELING AND LABORATORY SCIENCE. THE EXPANSIVE VISION OF SZ4D NEEDS COST ESTIMATES, TIME PHASING AND PROJECT PLANNING IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR FULL SUBMISSION TO THE FOUNDATION AND ANY PARTNERING AGENCIES. THIS PROPOSAL LAYS OUT A PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH THIS DEVELOPMENT QUICKLY. THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS PROPOSED SZ4D CATALYST EFFORT ARE: 1) A STAFFED CENTER THAT WILL ORGANIZE THE WORK AND BUILD EQUITY AND CAPACITY IN THE GEOSCIENCES (BECG) FOLLOWING A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL. 2) TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO REALISTICALLY EVALUATE COSTS AND TRADE-OFFS OF THE INSTRUMENTATION OPTIONS. 3) PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE GEOLOGICAL, MODELING AND LABORATORY FACILITIES WHICH INCLUDE WORKSHOPS AND MODEST ENGINEERING DESIGN WORK. ALL OF THESE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES WERE STRATEGICALLY SELECTED BECAUSE THEY DIRECTLY AFFECT HIGH-PRIORITY ELEMENTS OF THE DRAFT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND HAVE IDENTIFIABLE, TRACTABLE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED PRIOR TO LAUNCH OF A FULL SZ4D PROGRAM. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FRAMEWORKS: GEOPHYSICAL AI-DRIVEN INTEGRATION & ASSIMILATION (GAIA) -EARTHQUAKES, LANDSLIDES, AND FLOODS CAUSE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AND TAKE THOUSANDS OF LIVES EACH YEAR. THESE HAZARDS ARE OFTEN LINKED: HEAVY RAIN CAN SATURATE A HILLSLOPE, AN EARTHQUAKE CAN WEAKEN THAT SAME SLOPE, AND THE SLOPE MAY THEN FAIL DURING A LATER STORM. FORECASTING WHERE AND WHEN SUCH EVENTS WILL STRIKE REMAINS HARD, IN PART BECAUSE THE MEASUREMENTS THAT COULD WARN OF THEM, SUCH AS GROUND VIBRATIONS AND DEFORMATION, SATELLITE IMAGERY, METEOROLOGICAL DATA, AND GROUNDWATER LEVELS, ARE GATHERED BY SEPARATE SYSTEMS THAT RARELY WORK TOGETHER. THIS PROJECT BUILDS OPEN SHARED COMPUTING TOOLS THAT COMBINE THESE STREAMS OF DATA WITH NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE GROUND AND WATER DYNAMICS, PRODUCING A CONTINUOUSLY UPDATING DIGITAL TWIN OF A REGION THAT CAN ESTIMATE HAZARDS IN CLOSE TO REAL TIME. THE INVESTIGATORS TEST THE FULL SYSTEM ON LANDSLIDES IN ALASKA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. BY MAKING ADVANCED COMPUTATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) SIMPLER TO USE, THE PROJECT LOWERS THE ADOPTION BARRIERS FOR THIS KIND OF RESEARCH FOR ALL SCIENTISTS. THE PROJECT ALSO TRAINS STUDENTS THROUGH OPEN TUTORIALS, ONLINE WORKSHOPS, AND GRADUATE COURSES. THE SAME TOOLS, BUILT HERE FOR GEOPHYSICAL HAZARDS, ARE DESIGNED TO SERVE AS A TEMPLATE FOR OTHER FIELDS THAT ARE RICH IN DATA AND PHYSICAL MODELS. BY HELPING PROTECT COMMUNITIES FROM NATURAL DISASTERS AND BY BROADENING WHO CAN TAKE PART IN COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE, THE PROJECT ADVANCES SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE NATIONAL WELFARE. THE GEOPHYSICAL AI-DRIVEN INTEGRATION AND ASSIMILATION (GAIA) PROJECT DEVELOPS A UNIFIED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE THAT LINKS PHYSICAL SIMULATIONS, SENSOR OBSERVATIONS, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACROSS COMPUTING SYSTEMS RANGING FROM LAPTOPS TO COMMERCIAL CLOUD PLATFORMS AND NATIONAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CENTERS. A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS CARRIES OUT FIVE CONNECTED LINES OF WORK. FIRST, THE TEAM IS ASSEMBLING CURATED, ANALYSIS-READY DATASETS THAT PAIR RECORDS OF PAST LANDSLIDES AND GROUND FAILURES WITH SEISMIC, GEODETIC, AND HYDROLOGIC SENSOR NETWORKS, WITH WEATHER OBSERVATIONS, AND WITH SATELLITE IMAGERY THAT PRECEDED AND ACCOMPANIED THE LANDSLIDES AND GROUND FAILURES. THESE OBSERVATIONS ARE COMBINED WITH MATCHING PHYSICS SIMULATIONS AND A CORPUS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE TO BUILD A CURATED KNOWLEDGE BASE. SECOND, THE TEAM BUILDS A DATA AGGREGATOR, A UNIFIED SOFTWARE CLIENT THAT GATHERS DATA FROM MANY NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RETURNS IT IN CONSISTENT, CLOUD-NATIVE FORMATS READY FOR MODELING ACROSS COMPUTING SYSTEMS. THIRD, THE TEAM DESIGNS METHODS THAT FUSE OBSERVATIONS OF DIFFERING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION, COMBINING, FOR EXAMPLE, FREQUENT MEASUREMENTS AT FIXED POINTS WITH DETAILED BUT INFREQUENT SATELLITE MAPS. FOURTH, THE TEAM TRAINS FAST SURROGATE MODELS THAT APPROXIMATE EXPENSIVE PHYSICS SIMULATIONS AND COUPLES THEM TO INCOMING OBSERVATIONS THROUGH DATA ASSIMILATION TO PRODUCE REAL-TIME DIGITAL TWINS THAT FORECAST GEOHAZARDS. FIFTH, THE TEAM PROTOTYPES RESEARCH-ASSISTING SOFTWARE AGENTS THAT RETRIEVE AND REASON OVER SELECTED LITERATURE AND CODE TO RECOMMEND METHODS, FLAG KNOWLEDGE GAPS, AND GENERATE REPRODUCIBLE WORKFLOWS. THE RESULTING OPEN SOFTWARE, DATASETS, AND TRAINED MODELS GIVE THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY SCALABLE METHODS FOR COMBINING DIVERSE DATA WITH PHYSICAL MODELS, AN APPROACH USEFUL WELL BEYOND HAZARD SCIENCE. THIS AWARD BY THE OFFICE OF ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE RESEARCH, INNOVATION, SYNERGIES AND EDUCATION SECTION IN THE DIRECTORATE OF GEOSCIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NEAR-TRENCH COMMUNITY GEODETIC EXPERIMENT -COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NEAR-TRENCH COMMUNITY GEODETIC EXPERIMENT THE LARGEST EARTHQUAKES (AND THE RESULTING TSUNAMIS) OCCUR OFFSHORE, BUT THE INSTRUMENTS TRADITIONALLY USED TO STUDY THE GROUND DEFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THESE EVENTS CAN ONLY BE USED ON LAND. THEREFORE, TRADITIONAL SURVEYING CANNOT QUANTIFY THE OFFSHORE SEISMIC HAZARDS. STUDYING THESE HAZARDS REQUIRES TOOLS DESIGNED TO COLLECT DATA OFFSHORE. ONE SUCH TOOL IS THE GNSS-ACOUSTIC METHOD, AN OFFSHORE GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM) METHOD WITH SETS OF INSTRUMENTS SET UP ON THE SEAFLOOR IN CIRCULAR GROUPINGS. THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE POSITIONED RELATIVE TO A REMOTE-CONTROLLED SEA SURFACE ROBOT USING SOUND PULSES. THIS ?WAVE GLIDER? CAN USE GPS TO DETERMINE ITS POSITION, ALLOWING THE SEAFLOOR INSTRUMENTS TO BE LOCATED WITH CM-LEVEL ACCURACY. TRACKING THESE POSITIONS OVER TIME ALLOWS RESEARCHERS TO LEARN HOW THE DEFORMING SEAFLOOR BUILDS UP STRESS THAT ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN EARTHQUAKES. THIS PROJECT FOLLOWS RECOMMENDATIONS BY A LARGE GROUP OF SCIENTISTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW SEAFLOOR DEFORMS IN SUBDUCTION ZONES AS THE SEAFLOOR CRUST GRADUALLY SLIDES BENEATH THE CONTINENTAL CRUST. THE PROJECT AIMS TO DETECT THE MOTIONS OF THE SEAFLOOR AT SIX STATIONS IN THE OFFSHORE CASCADIA REGION AND SIX IN THE OFFSHORE ALASKA REGION. THIS WILL AID THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY IN ASSESSING THE SEISMIC AND TSUNAMI HAZARDS IN THESE REGIONS. THE DATA WILL ALL BE OPEN ACCESS AND THE PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEODETIC SCIENTISTS. THE 2011 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE DEMONSTRATED THAT COSEISMIC RUPTURE CAN EXTEND TO SHALLOW DEPTHS ALONG A SUBDUCTION MEGATHRUST, WHERE LARGE VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS OF THE SEAFLOOR CAN GENERATE DAMAGING TSUNAMIS. THIS PROJECT WILL CLARIFY WHETHER A SIMILAR EVENT CAN HAPPEN IN THE OFFSHORE CASCADIA AND ALASKA REGIONS BY USING SEAFLOOR GEODETIC OBSERVATIONS TO INFER THE LEVEL OF ELASTIC STRAIN STORED IN THE ACCRETIONARY PRISMS OF CASCADIA AND ALASKA SUBDUCTION ZONES. THE RESEARCHERS WILL DEPLOY GNSS-ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS FROM THE SEAFLOOR GEODESY COMMUNITY POOL, WHICH CONSISTS OF 51 GNSS-ACOUSTIC TRANSPONDERS (ENOUGH FOR 17 NEW GNSS-ACOUSTIC SITES) AND 3 WAVE GLIDERS, FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM 165 SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED A SEAFLOOR GEODESY COMMUNITY WORKSHOP ON HOW BEST TO MAKE USE OF THE INSTRUMENT POOL. TWELVE NEW GNSS-ACOUSTIC SITES WILL BE ESTABLISHED DURING THIS EXPERIMENT, WITH SIX ALONG EACH OF THE CASCADIA AND ALASKA SUBDUCTION ZONE TRENCHES, WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED BY WORKSHOP ATTENDEES AS HIGH-VALUE SCIENCE TARGETS. THE RESEARCHERS WILL SURVEY THESE NEW SITES AS WELL AS THE SEVEN SITES ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THESE REGIONS ANNUALLY THROUGHOUT THE FIVE YEARS OF THE PROJECT. THESE POSITIONS WILL BE USED TO INFER INTERSEISMIC VELOCITIES FROM WHICH THE RATE OF ELASTIC STRAIN BUILDUP IN THE ACCRETIONARY PRISMS CAN BE DETERMINED, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI HAZARD IN ALASKA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE DATA WILL ALL BE OPEN ACCESS AND THE PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEODETIC SCIENTISTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER RESEARCH IN SEISMOLOGY - REU SITE

SAVI: BUILDING A FRAMEWORK BETWEEN THE EU AND THE USA TO HARMONIZE DATA PRODUCTS RELEVANT TO GLOBAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIE

SERVICE BASED INTEGRATION PLATFORM FOR EARTHCUBE (SBIP-E)

AS PART OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION EARTHSCOPE PROGRAM, IRIS WILL INSTALL AND MAINTAIN ~260 SEISMIC STATIONS WITH REAL-TIME TELEMETRY IN A GRI

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: COLLECTION OF OPEN DATA FOR BROADBAND SEISMOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF AFTERSHOCKS OF THE FEBRUARY 27 2010 CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE

US-LATIN AMERICA WORKSHOP: GEOPHYSICAL HAZARDS AND PLATE BOUNDARY PROCESSES; SAN JOSE COSTA RICA OCTOBER 2010

SUBDUCTION ZONE OBSERVATORIES WORKSHOP

MARINE SEISMOLOGY SYMPOSIUM 2020

EAGER: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SHALLOW CASED DRILLING CAPABILITIES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS

PAN-AMERICAN ADVANCED STUDIES INSTITUTE ON NEW FRONTIERS IN SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH: SUSTAINABLE NETWORKS EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PARAMETERS AND EARTH STR

PAN AMERICAN ADVANCED SCIENCES INSTITUTE ON GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: NEW TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR EARTHQUAKE HAZARD ANALYSIS & MITIGATION; SANTO DOMINGO

PROJECT TITLE INVESTIGATING ACCESS AND BARRIERS TO USE OF THE SAN DIEGO EMERGENCY APP FOR SHAKEALERT THROUGH A MULTI METHODS APPROACH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITH MIAMI UNIVERSITY AND THE EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUMPERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 3 15 2023 THROUGH 3 14 2024PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY TO DEVELOP MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (LEP) INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE SHAKEALERT EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING (EEW) SYSTEM. LEP HOUSEHOLDS HAVE NO MEMBER AGED 14 THAT SPEAKS ONLY ENGLISH OR SPEAKS ENGLISH VERY WELL . ACTIVITIES PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE FORMULATION OF FOCUS GROUPS AND SURVEY QUESTIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SDC OES AND THE USGS SHAKEALERT SOCIAL SCIENCE WORKING GROUP. AFTER THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN VETTED BY THE WORKING GROUP AND UNDERGONE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY, THE PIS WILL CONDUCT SEVERAL FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS IN SAN DIEGO WITH THE PARTNER RELAY COMMUNICATION NETWORK. ONCE DATA COLLECTION IS COMPLETE, WE WILL USE QUALITATIVE CODING TECHNIQUES, SUCH AS CONTENT ANALYSIS, TO ANALYZE THE DATA AND DISSEMINATE OUR RESULTS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES, COMMUNITY FORUMS, AND IN ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES TO BOTH RECEIPT AND COMPREHENSION OF SHAKEALERT POWERED ALERTS, WITH A FOCUS ON LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (LEP) COMMUNITIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THE GOAL OF THIS WORK IS TO IMPROVE ADOPTION RATES OF THE SD EMERGENCY APP FOR USE AND DISSEMINATION OF SHAKEALERT EEW. IN WORKING WITH PARTNER RELAY, WE WILL DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF POTENTIAL ACCESS, LANGUAGE, CULTURAL, AND TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS TO EEW BROADLY. WE WILL SHARE OUR FINDINGS WITH OTHER SHAKEALERT APP PROVIDERS AND THE USGS JOINT COMMITTEE FOR COMMUNICATION, EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ENGAGEMENT TO INFORM FUTURE EFFORTS FOR INCREASING INCLUSIVITY OF EEW.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES SAN DIEGO COUNTY IS HOME TO A DIVERSE POPULATION OF OVER 3.3 MILLION PEOPLE (SERVING 6 OF THE POPULATION COVERED BY SHAKEALERT EEW) THAT IS 34 HISPANIC LATINX AND OVER 12 ASIAN, AND 37 OF THE POPULATION ARE NON ENGLISH SPEAKERS AS A FIRST LANGUAGE (U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, 2021). GIVEN THE DEMOGRAPHICS, SDC PROVIDES AN IDEAL LOCATION IN WHICH TO TEST THE EFFICACY OF SHAKEALERT POWERED ALERTS WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE. ALERTS PROVIDED THROUGH THE SD EMERGENCY APP ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, AND ENGLISH AUDIO TRANSLATIONS. THIS PROJECT INTENDS TO PROVIDE THE USGS WITH KEY INFORMATION ON HOW BEST TO INCREASE THE IMPACT OF SHAKEALERT EEW AND BROADEN THE REACH OF SHAKEALERT WITHIN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND CALIFORNIA.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES THE SDC OES IS A SUBRECIPIENT (SUBCONTRACTOR) AND WILL INCORPORATE SILENT ALERT TESTING TO ASSESS ENGAGEMENT AND CONNECTION WITH APP USERS. SILENT ALERT TESTING WILL PING USER PHONES BEHIND THE SCENES TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT WHO RECEIVED AN ALERT AND WHERE. SILENT ALERT TESTING WILL ENABLE US TO 1) ASSESS ATTRITION RATES THROUGH APP DOWNLOAD AND DELETION STATISTICS 2) MORE CLEARLY IDENTIFY GEOGRAPHIC GAPS IN ALERTING AND 3) COMPARE THE RESULTS WITH DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND CHARACTERIZE COMMUNITIES WHERE THE APP IS LESS UTILIZED. WE WILL SEEK TO USE SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS IN COMMUNITIES WITH LOW APP UTILIZATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND USAGE GAPS WITH EEW APPS AND ANY BARRIERS TO APP RETENTION, WHICH WOULD LIMIT THE USEFULNESS OF SHAKEALERT POWERED ALERTS.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CATALYZING EARLY CAREER PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE DISCIPLINE-BASED EDUCATION RESEARCH IN THE GEOSCIENCES

OUT OF AFRICA: GEOPHYSICAL MONITORING AND CAPACITY BUILDING AROUND THE WORLD, BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS WORKSHOP, FEBRUARY 18-19, 2008

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE EARTH SCIENCE LITERACY INITIATIVE WORKSHOPS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: USING TUTORIAL-BASED ACTIVE E-LEARNING TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION AND ENHANCE SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SKILLS IN A SEISMOLOGY CONTEXT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BRINGING SEISMOLOGY'S GRAND CHALLENGES TO THE UNDERGRADUATE CLASSROOM

TRAVEL PROPOSAL: PROVIDING IRIS UNDERGRADUATE INTERNS WITH A 2018 AGU FALL MEETING EXPERIENCE

EAGER: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SHALLOW CASED DRILLING CAPABILITIES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS

UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF REGIONAL ATTENUATION ON GROUND MOTION MODELS.

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL FACILITY (NGF): ADVANCING EARTH SCIENCE CAPABILITIES THROUGH INNOVATION -- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SYSTEM DYNAMICS: SEISMOLOGICAL FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (SAGE)

ENABLING DISCOVERIES IN MULTISCALE EARTH SSYSTEM DYNAMICS: GEODETIC FACILITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF GEOSCIENCE (GAGE)