Pan American Advanced Sciences Institute On Geophysical Research: New Tools and Techniques for Earthquake Hazard Analysis & Mitigation; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, July

由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和美国能源部（DOE）联合支持的泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖将于2013年7月在多米尼加共和国的圣多明各举行。本次PASI的组织委员会包括首席研究员David W. Simpson（地震学联合研究机构IRIS），以及Jay Pulliam（美国贝勒大学）、John Louie（美国内华达大学里诺分校）、Olga Cabello （IRIS）、Morgan Moschetti（美国地质调查局）、Michael Schmitz（委内瑞拉FUNVISIS）、Lyndon Brown（牙买加莫纳西印度群岛大学）、Carlos Valdes Gonzalez（墨西哥国家自治大学）、Walter Salazer（特立尼达和多巴哥圣奥古斯丁西印度大学），Eugenio Polanco（多米尼加共和国圣多明各自治大学），Marino Protti（哥斯达黎加国立大学），Victor Huerfano（波多黎各大学，美国波多黎各马亚圭斯）和Mauricio Mora（哥斯达黎加大学）。该研究所将处理地震危险分析的现代战略，重点是地震地点特征技术，这是减少地震危险的关键组成部分。基本方法包括震源建模、波传播和局部地点特征，其中包括测量可能影响特定地点地震震动的局部地质和岩土因素。本PASI将讨论地震危害分析的所有三个组成部分，但将重点放在场地特征上，因为它在响应新技术和新数据集的情况下正在迅速发展。该研究所提供了一个向中美洲的研究人员和实践者传播新技术的机会。一个小型的现场实验，将作为技术子集的评估，并演示实际的数据采集，现场后勤和分析策略。在整个发展中世界的地震易发地区，简单而有效地描述地震地点特征是减轻灾害的一个重要组成部分。这个PASI将向一群初级地震学家传播地震危害分析策略的知识，他们可以立即在自己的国家使用这些知识。通过这样做，它还将有助于促进国际研究合作。PASI期间获得的所有数据将提供给美国国家科学基金会支持的位于华盛顿州西雅图的IRIS数据管理中心。

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place in July 2013 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The organizing committee for this PASI includes the Principal Investigator, David W. Simpson (Incorporated Research Institutions in Seismology IRIS), as well as Jay Pulliam (Baylor University, USA), John Louie (University of Nevada, Reno, USA), Olga Cabello (IRIS), Morgan Moschetti (U.S. Geological Survey), Michael Schmitz (FUNVISIS, Venezuela), Lyndon Brown (University of the West Indies, Mona,Jamaica), Carlos Valdes Gonzalez (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), Walter Salazer (University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago), Eugenio Polanco (Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), Marino Protti (Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica), Victor Huerfano (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, USA), and Mauricio Mora (Universidad de Costa Rica).The institute will address modern strategies for earthquake hazard analysis with a focus on techniques for seismic site characterization, which is a critical component of lessening earthquake hazards. The basic methodology is comprised of source modeling, wave propagation, and local site characterization, which consists of measuring the local geological and geotechnical factors that potentially affect earthquake shaking at a particular site. This PASI will discuss all three components of earthquake hazard analysis but will focus on site characterization because it has been undergoing rapid development in response to new technologies and new datasets. The institute offers an opportunity to spread awareness of the new techniques to researchers and practitioners in Middle America. A small field experiment, will serve as an evaluation of a subset of techniques, and demonstrate practical data acquisition, field logistics, and analysis strategies. Simple and effective seismic site characterization is a vital component of hazard mitigation in earthquake prone areas throughout the developing world. This PASI will disseminate knowledge of earthquake hazard analysis strategies to a group of junior seismologists, which they can put to use immediately in their own countries. By so doing, it will also help to promote international research collaborations. All data acquired during the PASI will be contributed to the NSF-supported IRIS Data Management Center in Seattle, WA.