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

非洲阵列(www.africaarray.org)是一个多方面的计划，旨在通过相关的研究和培训计划，为美国和非洲的地球科学工作者培养一批多样化和有才华的本科生和研究生。在政府、学术和行业合作伙伴的支持下，非洲阵列于2005年启动，目前支持三项配套活动，1)非洲多学科天文台网络，2)为美国和非洲学生提供的侧重于非洲研究的研究生培训计划，以及3)加强美国和非洲地球科学多样性的计划。这笔赠款支持天文台网络的运行和维护，该网络向科学界公开提供地震、全球定位系统和天气数据。该网络由44个天文台组成，覆盖非洲东部、南部和西部的17个国家。除了一个观测站外，所有的观测站都安装了地震传感器，到2012年底，21个观测站也将配备GPS接收器和自动气象站。地震数据由IRIS数据管理中心归档和分发，GPS和天气数据由UNAVCO数据管理中心归档和分发。来自该网络的数据正被世界各地的广泛学生、教师和研究人员用于固体地球和大气研究项目，其中包括一些在美国未被充分代表的少数族裔学生。

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.