Enabling Discoveries in Multiscale Earth System Dynamics: Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (SAGE) - EAR Scope

IRIS（Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology）Consortium将开发、运营和维护一个分布式多用户设施，名为“促进地球科学发展的地震设施”（SAGE）。专家级专业工作人员将在科学界的指导下，管理和运作一套对当前研究支助至关重要的基本能力，以及开展有助于今后研究的前沿活动。该设施将通过管理和运作下列设施，促进我们对地球结构和动力学、地震和火山爆发以及固体地球、水圈和大气层之间相互作用的了解：（1）全球和区域连续运作的地震网络，包括全球地震网;（2）便携式地球物理仪器，供主要研究人员驱动的实验和社区实验使用; 3）数据管理系统，用于收集，质量保证，策展，管理和分发开放获取数据和数据产品;以及4）教育，劳动力发展和公共宣传计划，旨在包容和提高传统上代表性不足的群体在地球科学中的参与。通过SAGE提供的地震设施有助于解决具有国家/全球战略重要性的问题，包括地质灾害评估和抗灾能力;环境管理和经济发展;国家安全;以及STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）教育和劳动力发展。SAGE的数据和数据产品将被州和联邦机构使用，包括美国地质调查局、国家海洋和大气管理局、国家航空航天局、能源部和国防部，用于使命机构的活动，包括地震监测和定性、海啸预警、天气预报、水和环境管理以及核试验监测。SAGE计划还将支持基于探究的科学教育，提高学生直接参与科学和工程原理和实践的能力，并使他们能够在学术界、工业界、商业界和政府中从事STEM职业。SAGE的外联活动促进公众参与和科学素养。SAGE设施提供仪器服务;数据服务;以及支持地震学的教育，劳动力发展和社区参与活动。研究人员使用SAGE来获得对基本地球过程的宝贵见解，SAGE还为国家安全需求提供关键数据，包括对秘密核试验的监测工作。（1）全球地球结构和动力学：该设施将提高我们解析地球内部三维结构的能力，并使研究人员能够研究驱动板块构造和地震、海啸和火山爆发等自然灾害的过程。(2)断层带和地震周期：在过去的十年中，科学家们发现了一系列广泛的断层带滑动行为，这些行为跨越了各种各样的时间和空间尺度。SAGE设施将能够进行各种地震和电磁测量，以阐明这些不同类型的行为是如何开始和停止的，如何沿着沿着断层带变化，以及如何相互作用。(3)地壳和地幔中的岩浆和挥发物：地球物理仪器对于了解火山系统和最大限度地减少与火山灾害相关的风险至关重要。SAGE提供的能力将使研究人员能够研究熔体的产生，监测其在地壳中的传输，并绘制出火山的管道系统。(4)水圈、冰冻圈和大气层：一个日益引起社会关注的领域是利用地球物理测量来研究地球表面的过程。SAGE设施将提供机会研究近地表的过程，如水文学、冰冻圈过程和冰川动力学。(5)教育，公共宣传和劳动力发展：SAGE将开发各种教育资源，并使数百名本科生的研究机会。SAGE活动的一个主要重点将是通过IRIS新的城市地理系统重点扩大代表性不足的学生的参与。此外，该设施将开发动画，模拟和地球过程的其他可视化，以帮助各级教师教授地球科学。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) Consortium will develop, operate, and maintain a distributed, multi-user facility entitled Seismological Facilities for the Advancement of Geoscience (SAGE). Expert professional staff, with guidance provided by the scientific community, will manage and operate a set of foundational capabilities that are essential for current research support, as well as frontier activities that will enable future research. The facility will promote advances in our understanding of Earth structure and dynamics, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and interactions between the solid Earth, hydrosphere, and atmosphere through management and operation of: 1) Global and regional continuously operating seismic networks, including the Global Seismographic Network; 2) Portable geophysical instrumentation for use in principal investigator driven and community experiments; 3) data management systems for the collection, quality assurance, curation, management, and distribution of open access data and data products; and 4) education, workforce development, and public outreach programs designed to be inclusive and enhance participation of traditionally underrepresented groups in the geosciences. The seismological facilities provided through the SAGE contribute to issues of national/global strategic importance, including geohazard assessment and disaster resilience; environmental management and economic development; national security; and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and workforce development. Data and data products from SAGE will be used by state and federal agencies including the United States Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, and Department of Defense, for mission agency activities, including earthquake monitoring and characterization, tsunami warning, weather forecasting, water and environmental management, and nuclear test monitoring. SAGE programs will also support inquiry-based science education, enhancing students' abilities to engage directly with science and engineering principles and practice, and enabling them to pursue STEM careers in academia, industry, business, and government. The SAGE outreach activities promote public engagement and science literacy. The SAGE facility provides instrumentation services; data services; and education, workforce development, and community engagement activities in support of seismology. Researchers use SAGE to gain valuable insights into fundamental Earth processes, and SAGE also provides key data for national security needs, including monitoring efforts of clandestine nuclear tests. The scientific priorities of the new facility would enable advances in the following areas: (1) Global Earth Structure and Dynamics: The facility would enhance our ability to resolve the three-dimensional structure of the Earth's interior and enable investigators to study processes that drive plate tectonics and natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. (2) Fault Zones and the Earthquake Cycle: Over the last decade, scientists have discovered a broad array of fault zone slip behaviors that span a wide variety of temporal and spatial scales. The SAGE facility will enable a variety of seismic and electromagnetic measurements to elucidate how these different types of behaviors start and stop, vary along fault zones, and interact with one another. (3) Magmas and Volatiles in the Crust and Mantle: Geophysical instrumentation is critical for understanding volcanic systems and minimizing risks associated with volcanic hazards. The capabilities provided by SAGE will enable researchers to study melt production, monitor its transport through the crust, and map out the plumbing systems of volcanoes. (4) Hydrosphere, Cryosphere, and Atmosphere: An area of increasing community interest is utilizing geophysical measurements to study processes at the Earth's surface. The SAGE facility will provide opportunities to study processes in the near-surface, such as hydrology, cryospheric processes, and glacier dynamics. (5) Education, Public Outreach, and Workforce Development: SAGE will develop a variety of educational resources and enable hundreds of undergraduate research opportunities. A major focus of the SAGE activities will be on broadening participation of underrepresented students through IRIS' new Urban Geosystems focus. Additionally, the facility will develop animations, simulations, and other visualizations of Earth processes to help instructors at all level teach about Earth Science.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.