Collaborative Research: EarthScope Facility Operation and Maintenance (FY2008-FY2013) (PBO/SAFOD)

合作研究：EarthScope 设施运行和维护（2008 财年-2013 财年）（PBO/SAFOD）

• 批准号: 0732947
• 负责人: Meghan Miller
• 金额: $ 5347.27万
• 依托单位: UNAVCO, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-10-01 至 2014-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0732947&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; EarthScope; Facility; Operation

The integrated observing systems that comprise the EarthScope Facility can be used to address fundamental questions at all scales?from the active nucleation zone of earthquakes, to individual faults and volcanoes, to the deformation along the plate boundary, to the structure of the continent and planet. EarthScope data will be openly available to maximize participation from the national and international scientific community and to provide ongoing educational outreach to students and the public. The intellectual merit of the EarthScope Facility is derived from its link to the support of fundamental research throughout the earth sciences. Through an ambitious data collection scheme and broad geographic coverage, the EarthScope Facility will provide the observational resources to encourage cross-disciplinary investigations and stimulate the next generation of research scientists. The design and implementation plan for EarthScope was developed through extensive, decade-long engagement with the scientific and educational communities. Through numerous workshops and working groups, the research community, along with federal and state partners, defined the data and tools required for geoscience to take the next step in exploring the fundamental processes that shape the structure and evolution of our continents. As the MREFC- supported construction stage for the EarthScope Facility nears completion, exciting results are already emerging from the analysis of new EarthScope data, confirming the enhanced resolution provided by this powerful new suite of observational tools. The broader impacts of EarthScope will be achieved through an integrated education and outreach program and applications in hazard assessment, land use, and resource management. While EarthScope is a national program, it is being operated and maintained at local levels through interactions with hundreds of universities, schools, and organizations across the nation. As EarthScope collects data and makes it available, students and the public will be introduced to key unanswered scientific questions and the role that their region or discipline plays in understanding the evolution of the North American continent and the active processes driving deformation and volcanic activity. Improved understanding of the natural environment is the first step toward improved land use, environmentally sound development, and resiliency to natural hazards. With over 3,000 geographical locations, the broad distribution of EarthScope facilities will engage traditionally under-represented groups, particularly students in rural areas that have under-resourced schools and Native Americans on tribal lands (where some of the EarthScope stations will be installed). EarthScope will provide a unique opportunity for students and the public to observe geological processes in real time and to measure geological change within the time frame of an academic school year. EarthScope is providing the public with practical examples of how science advances, as they see new data being collected and watch new theories being formulated and tested.

组成地球观测设施的综合观测系统可用于解决所有尺度的基本问题？从地震的活跃成核区，到个别断层和火山，到沿着板块边界的变形，再到大陆和行星的结构。地球镜数据将公开提供，以最大限度地扩大国家和国际科学界的参与，并向学生和公众提供持续的教育宣传。EarthScope设施的智力价值来自于它与支持整个地球科学基础研究的联系。通过雄心勃勃的数据收集计划和广泛的地理覆盖面，地球观测设施将提供观测资源，以鼓励跨学科调查和激励下一代研究科学家。EarthScope的设计和实施计划是通过与科学和教育界进行长达十年的广泛接触而制定的。通过许多讲习班和工作组，研究界与联邦和州合作伙伴一起沿着，确定了地球科学所需的数据和工具，以便在探索塑造我们大陆结构和演变的基本过程中迈出下一步。随着MREFC支持的EarthScope设施的建设阶段接近完成，新的EarthScope数据分析已经出现了令人兴奋的结果，证实了这套强大的新观测工具所提供的更高分辨率。EarthScope的广泛影响将通过综合教育和推广方案以及在灾害评估、土地使用和资源管理方面的应用来实现。虽然EarthScope是一个国家计划，但它通过与全国数百所大学，学校和组织的互动在地方一级运作和维护。随着EarthScope收集数据并提供数据，学生和公众将被介绍到关键的未回答的科学问题，以及他们的区域或学科在理解北美大陆的演变和驱动变形和火山活动的活跃过程中所发挥的作用。提高对自然环境的认识是改善土地利用、无害环境发展和抵御自然灾害的第一步。地球观测仪的设施分布在3 000多个地理位置，将使传统上代表性不足的群体，特别是学校资源不足的农村地区的学生和部落土地上的美洲原住民（地球观测仪的一些台站将安装在那里）。EarthScope将为学生和公众提供一个独特的机会，在一个学年的时间范围内真实的观察地质过程和测量地质变化。EarthScope正在为公众提供科学进步的实际例子，因为他们看到新的数据正在收集，并观看新的理论正在制定和测试。