Support for UNAVCO, Inc. and Pre-Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) Planning Activities

来自这笔赠款的鲱鱼资金将支持新成立的大学联盟UNAVCO，Inc.的活动，该联盟是一个非营利性的会员制组织，通过推进全球定位系统(GPS)等高精度大地测量和应变技术来支持和促进地球科学。部分资金将支持总统办公室的运作，该办公室负责监督联安部队的财务管理，并为社区活动提供重点。其余资金将为板块边界观测站(PBO)规划讲习班和研究提供支助，该观测站将对美国西部和阿拉斯加的地震和火山动力学提供新的见解。将于2002年举办的四个PBO前讲习班将讨论将在PBO中使用的仪器和纪念碑的类型；在加拿大和墨西哥的PBO活动的协调；将在PBO中使用的应变仪的特点；以及将为PBO制定的管理结构。这项将得到资助的研究将涉及在部署PBO仪器时将使用的设计标准。***

0200066Herring Funds from this grant will support activities of the newly formed University consortium UNAVCO, Inc. that is a non-profit membership-governed organization, which supports and promotes Earth science by advancing high-precision geodetic and strain techniques such as the Global Positioning System (GPS). Part of the funds will support the operation of the president's office that oversees the financial management of UNAVCO, Inc. and provides a focus for community activities. The remainder of the funds will provide support for planning workshops and studies for the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), which will provide new insights into earthquake and volcano dynamics in the Western United States and Alaska. The four pre-PBO workshops to be held in 2002 will address the type of instrumentation and monuments to be used in PBO; the coordination of PBO activities in Canada and Mexico; the characteristics of the strainmeters to be used in PBO; and the management structure to be developed for PBO. The study to be funded will address the design criteria to be used in deploying the PBO instrumentation. ***