Facility Support: AfricaArray - Advancing Earth Science Research and Education with an Interdisciplinary Network in Africa

设施支持：AfricaArray - 通过非洲跨学科网络推进地球科学研究和教育

• 批准号: 1128936
• 负责人: Andrew Nyblade
• 金额: $ 21.38万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-15 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1128936&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Facility; Support; AfricaArray; Advancing; Earth

AfricaArray (www.africaarray.org) is a multifaceted initiative focused on developing a pool of diverse and talented undergraduate and graduate students for the geoscience workforce in the U.S. and Africa through linked research and training programs. Launched in 2005 with support from government, academic and industry partners, AfricaArray now supports three coupled activities, 1) a multidisciplinary observatory network in Africa, 2) a graduate training program for U.S. and African students focusing on research in Africa, and 3) a program to enhance diversity in the geosciences in the U.S. and Africa. This grant supports the operation and maintenance of the observatory network, which provides seismic, GPS and weather data openly to the science community. The network consists of 44 observatories spanning 17 countries in eastern, southern and western Africa. All but one of the observatories houses seismic sensors, and by the end of 2012, twenty-one of the observatories will also be equipped with GPS receivers and automated weather stations. The seismic data are archived and distributed by the IRIS data management center, and the GPS and weather data are archived and distributed by the UNAVCO data management center. Data from the network are being used for solid earth and atmospheric research projects by a wide range of students, faculty and researchers worldwide, including a number of underrepresented minority students in the U.S.

AfricaArray （www.africaarray.org）是一项多方面的倡议，重点是通过相关的研究和培训项目，为美国和非洲的地球科学工作人员培养一批多样化、有才华的本科生和研究生。“非洲阵列”项目于2005年在政府、学术界和工业界合作伙伴的支持下启动，目前支持三项相结合的活动：1)在非洲建立多学科观测站网络；2)为美国和非洲学生提供以非洲研究为重点的研究生培训项目；3)加强美国和非洲地球科学多样性的项目。这笔拨款支持天文台网络的运作和维护，该网络向科学界公开提供地震、GPS和天气数据。该网络由44个观测站组成，横跨东部、南部和西部非洲的17个国家。除了一个观测站外，所有观测站都装有地震传感器，到2012年底，21个观测站还将配备GPS接收器和自动气象站。地震数据由IRIS数据管理中心存档和分发，GPS和气象数据由UNAVCO数据管理中心存档和分发。来自该网络的数据被世界各地的学生、教师和研究人员广泛用于固体地球和大气研究项目，其中包括美国一些未被充分代表的少数民族学生