Acquisition of Computer Workstations Necessary for Hydrogeologic and Geophysical Research

麦克弗森9871388 这项赠款是通过主要研究仪器（MRI）计划提供的，它提供了50%以上的必要资金，用于购买进行专门的水文地质和地球物理研究所需的计算机系统。 具体而言，需要先进的计算机系统来分析非常大的、与时间相关的数据集，使用这些数据集进行模型模拟，以及结果的3-D可视化和动画。 新墨西哥州技术水文和地球物理教师和学生将使用新的计算机在教学和研究。 将使用新计算机系统的研究项目包括十个研究重点领域：（1）含水层异质性和空间变异性，（2）包气带水文学、地下水补给、半干旱地区土壤和地貌及其与生态的关系，（3）流域尺度水文地质学，（4）环境污染和补救，（5）地表-大气相互作用，古气候学和古水文学，（6）利用微地震和地震活动研究地壳结构和震源过程，（7）火山地震学，（8）地震波产生和传播的数值模拟，（9）岩石和沉积物物理性质和声学的实验和理论研究，（10）高分辨率地震反射/折射研究。 待收购的系统包括一个高容量、多处理器服务器，能够处理超大数据集并执行需要此类数据集的数值模型模拟。 该系统还包括8个先进的工作站，能够进行最先进的三维可视化和动画。 ***

9871388 McPherson This grant, made through the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program provides over 50% of funds necessary to acquire a computer system sufficient and necessary for performing specialized hydrogeologic and geophysical research. Specifically, the advanced computer system is required for analysis of extremely large, time-dependent data sets, performing model simulations using such data sets, and 3-D visualization and animation of results. New Mexico Tech Hydrology and Geophysics faculty and students will use the new computers in both teaching and research. Research projects that will use the new computer system lie within ten research focus areas: (1) aquifer heterogeneity and spatial variability, (2) vadose zone hydrology, groundwater recharge, semiarid region soils and geomorphology and their relationship to ecology, (3) basin- scale hydrogeology, (4) environmental contamination and remediation, (5) land surface-atmosphere interactions, paleoclimatology and paleohydrology, (6) investigation of crustal structure and earthquake source processes using microearthquakes and teleseismicity, (7) volcanic seismology, (8) numerical modeling of seismic wave generation and propagation, (9) experimental and theoretical study of rock and sediment physical properties and acoustics, and (10) high resolution seismic reflection/refraction studies. The system to be acquired includes a high capacity, multi-processor server capable of handling extremely large data sets and performing numerical model simulations requiring such data sets. The system also includes 8 advanced workstations capable of state-of-the-art 3-D visualization and animation. ***