MRI: Acquisition for Integrating Global Reporting Geophysical Observatories within the Chilean National Seismic Network (GRGOC)

该磁共振成像奖将提供资金，用于建立一个由10个一级地球物理观测站组成的网络，在世界上最活跃的地理系统之一，沿智利全境沿着约350公里的距离，在同一地点安装宽带地震、强震、次声、气压和气象（温度、压力、风速和风向、降水和相对湿度）传感器。这一主干网络，加上计划中的智利国家地震系统升级，将成为更好地了解纳斯卡板块和南美洲板块之间边界的结构和动态的基础;大型俯冲带地震的起源;地震前、地震时和地震后的变形;智利、南美洲和东南太平洋各地的地震活动;与类似构造环境中的俯冲带进行比较研究;安第斯区域火山和其他大气扰动发出的次声信号;安第斯山脉西部边缘与太平洋之间的大气动态。IRIS联盟和智利大学之间的这一合作努力，承诺免费和公开分发所有数据，将刺激加强基础地球科学学科和减灾领域的研究和教育的机会。这种基础设施发展的合作努力为美国学术界参与现代观测系统的发展建立了一个有前途的模式，可以在南美洲和世界各地的邻近地区进行效仿。

This MRI award will provide funding to establish a network of ten first-order geophysical observatories, with co-located broadband seismic, strong motion, infrasound, barometric pressure and meteorological (temperature, pressure, wind speed and direction, precipitation and relative humidity) sensors at approximately 350 km spacing along the length of Chile, in one of the world's most dynamic geosystems. This backbone network, coupled with planned upgrades to the Chilean National Seismic System, will form the basis for improved understanding of the structure and dynamics of the boundary between the Nazca and South American plates; the origin of large subduction zone earthquakes; pre-, co- and post-seismic deformation; earthquake activity throughout Chile, South America and the southeastern Pacific; comparative studies with subduction zones in similar tectonic settings; infrasound signals from regional Andean volcanoes and other atmospheric disturbances; and atmospheric dynamics between the western edge of the Andean Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. This collaborative effort between the IRIS Consortium and the University of Chile, with a commitment to free and open distribution of all data, will stimulate opportunities for enhanced research and education across fundamental geoscience disciplines and in hazard mitigation. This collaborative effort in infrastructure development establishes a promising model for the engagement of the US academic community in the development of modern observational systems, which may be emulated in neighboring parts of South America and throughout the world.