Acquisition of a Computing System for the International Seismological Centre

该奖项为收购提供一半的资金 国际地震中心的计算系统 （ISC）。ISC已承诺提供剩余的一半资金 必需的. 国际地震中心是一个 负责收集最后的地震资料 观测，得出确定的震源解， 全球范围内的地震震级。震源 观察结果存档在磁带上。新计算机 系统将用于存储读数、计算焦点参数 并在磁带上和以印刷形式准备数据文件 外部用户，包括美国80多家机构。 这些数据被用作地震研究的基础 机制、地球结构和全球地震活动。

This award provides one-half the funding for the acquisition of a computing system for the International Seismological Center (ISC). The ISC has committed the remaining half of the funds required. The International Seismological Center is the organization charged with the task of assembling final seismological observations, deriving definitive hypocentral solutions and magnitudes of earthquakes on a world-wide basis. The hypocenters and observations are archived on magnetic tape. The new computer system will be used to store readings, compute focal parameters and to prepare files of data on magnetic tape and in printed form for external users, including over 80 institutions in the U.S. The data are used as the basis for studies of earthquake mechanisms, earth structure and global seismicity.