Improvements in Continuous Long-Base Crustal Deformation Measurements: Pinon Flat Observatory, California

该奖项提供了50%的部分资金支持，用于改进加州大学圣地亚哥分校Pinion Flat天文台的长基线地壳应变测量系统。大学承诺提供仪器升级所需的剩余资金。地面形状的变化（地壳变形）是由板块构造引起的，并在地球上产生应力，导致地震。这种变形很小，发生的时间相对较长。它们是用PI和他的团队开发的激光干涉应变仪精确测量的

9910237Wyatt This award provides fifty-percent partial funding support to improve the long baseline crustal strain measuring systems at the Pinion Flat Observatory operated by the University of California at San Diego. The university is committed to providing the remaining funds needed for the instrument upgrade. Changes in the shape of the ground (crustal deformation) are caused by plate tectonics and create stresses in the earth leading to earthquakes. Such deformations are small and occur over relatively long periods of time. They are precisely measured using laser interferometric strainmeters developed by the PI and his group.***