Community Workshop: COCONet - Results, Sustainability, and Capacity Building

这笔赠款支持将于2016年5月举行的一次科学研讨会。美国国家地球科学基金会以前支持设计、建造和初步运作加勒比全球定位系统观测网，以促进在泛加勒比地区构造和天气灾害研究方面取得进展(EAR-1042906)。CoCoNet的发展与环加勒比地区的28个主权国家和41个不同的行政实体建立了伙伴关系。一个由80多个持续运行的全球定位系统和气象观测站(全球定位系统/气象观测站)组成的网络现已接近完成，它们是在CoCoNet建设奖的支持下采购和部署或翻新的。此外，管理机构联安办事处能够与加勒比伙伴进行谈判，以便吸收另外62个全球定位系统数据流，使加勒比国家区域数据中心参与这一进程。所有数据都可通过联安援助团数据档案向公众查阅。最近，超过80%的CoCoNet站点正在向联安办事处档案提供数据，其中45个站点以接近实时和高速率(1赫兹)提供数据。CoCoNet的数据支持：1)对整个加勒比区域的构造的限制；2)加强可用于测试和推广气候模型的大气观测；3)通过进入综合基准站，改进对当地大地测量的分析；4)提高对对该区域构成如此重大威胁的自然灾害进行预报的可能性。讲习班介绍和讨论的重点将是科学成果、现状和业务要求，确定今后维持业务的可能途径，以及CoCoNet GPS/Met网络提供的国际能力建设机会。拟议的讲习班将汇集科学家、政府机构和应急管理官员，讨论CoCoNet迄今的科学成就和业务成功，其中将包括来自几个加勒比地区国家的科学家和学生，包括目前负责已建立的区域CoCoNet数据中心的代表。讲习班将讨论硬件和软件标准化等问题，并将进行重点讨论，重点介绍区域合作伙伴在其国家的网络状况以及他们计划如何维护和运营CoNet系统方面的经验。来自哥伦比亚、尼加拉瓜和巴巴多斯的区域数据中心(RDC)负责人将介绍本国数据中心的现状以及如何长期维护这些区域中心的想法。研讨会将吸引来自加勒比海和美国学术机构的学生参与。这笔赠款是在地球科学局和国际科学与工程办公室的多个项目的支持下提供的。这种支持与NSFs促进科学进步和促进国家健康、繁荣和福利的使命是一致的，因为促进对经常影响美国利益的地质灾害的理解以及对学生进行地球科学研究和研究方法的培训非常重要，这些研究方法可能会给地球科学、气象学、工程学和应急管理部门带来潜在的下游劳动力利益。

1634055MattioliThis grant supports a scientific workshop to be held in May 2016. NSF Geosciences previously supported the design, construction and initial operations of COCONet (Continuously Operating Caribbean GPS Observational Network) to promote advances in in tectonic and weather hazards research in the pan-Caribbean region (EAR-1042906). COCOnet development represents a partnership with 28 sovereign nation and 41 distinct administrative entities in the circum-Caribbean region. A network of over 80 continuously operating Global Positioning System and meteorological observation stations (GPS/Met) that were procured and deployed or refurbished with support from the COCONet construction awards is now nearly complete. In addition, the managing institution, UNAVCO, was able to negotiate with Caribbean partners for the ingestion of an additional 62 GPS data streams engaging Caribbean country regional data centers in the process. All data are publically accessible via the UNAVCO Data archive. Most recently over 80% of all COCONet sites were delivering data to the UNAVCO archive and 45 of those stations deliver in near real time and at high rate (1 Hz). The COCONet data support: 1) constraints on the tectonics of the entire Caribbean region; 2) the enhancement of atmospheric observations that can be used to test and extend climate models; 3) improvement of the analysis of local geodetic measurements by providing access to an integrated backbone of reference stations; and 4) improved likelihood of forecasting natural hazards that pose such a significant threat to the region.The focus of the workshop presentations and discussions will be on the scientific results, current status and operational requirements, identification of possible pathways to sustain operations into the future, and international capacity building opportunities afforded by the COCONet GPS/Met network. The proposed workshop will bring together scientists, government agency and emergency management officials to discuss the scientific achievements and operational success of COCONet to date, this will include scientists and students from several Caribbean region countries including representatives that are now in charge of established regional COCONet data centers. The workshop will address issues such as hardware and software standardization and will have focused talks highlighting regional partner experiences on the status of the network in their country and how they are planning to maintain and operate COCONet systems. Regional Data Center (RDC) directors from Colombia, Nicaragua, and Barbados will present the status of the data centers in their country and ideas about how to maintain these regional centers for the long-term. The workshop will engage student participation from Caribbean and U.S. academic institutions. This grant is made with support from multiple Programs in the Geosciences Directorate and the Office of International Science and Engineering. This support is congruent with NSFs mission of promoting the progress of science and advancing the national health, prosperity and welfare given the importance of advancing understanding of geohazards that routinely impact the interests of the U.S. as well the training of students in geoscience research and research methods with potential downstream workforce benefits to earth science, meteorology, engineering and emergency management sectors.