National Science Foundation Infrasound Workshop

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National Science Foundation Infrasound Workshop
July 24-25, 2003, Waikoloa, Hawaii
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Aloha!

• Welcome to the first NSF Infrasound Workshop
• Informal dinner at Roys, 545 PM, across the
  hotel on the Kings shops show of hands
• Please leave us copies of your presentations!
• Convening Friday at 8 AM, breakfast at 7 AM
• Who is staying until Saturday?
• Array tour on Saturday AM, ½ day

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Opening remarks

• Many thanks to David Lambert, Director of
  Instrumentation Facilities Program, Division of
  Earth Sciences, Directorate for Geosciences
• Our task is to define fundamental and relevant
  scientific problems in the Geosciences that
  infrasound can address
• Compliance with NSFs mission and priorities
• High impact, high profile
• Integration with other disciplines
• Three divisions EAR, ATM, and OCE
• Outline scientific goals and projects

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Existing NSF Programs EAR/MRE
The NSF organizational taxonomy defines earth
science as including the fields of "solid-earth"
science (geology, geochemistry, and geophysics)
plus continental hydrology. EarthScope is a bold
undertaking to apply modern observational,
analytical and telecommunications technologies to
investigate the structure and evolution of the
North American continent and the physical
processes controlling earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions. Strong seismic, GPS and InSAR
component. CALIPSO NSF-EAR Continental Dynamics
and Instrumentation and Facilities programs
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NSF Mission
To promote the progress of science to advance
the national health, prosperity, and welfare and
to secure the national defense. Geosciences GEO
addresses the nation's need to understand,
predict, and respond to environmental events and
changes to use Earth's resources wisely.
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NSF and EarthScope

• The extensive campaign to fund EarthScope was
  completed successfully on February 20, when the
  President signed into law the long-awaited
  Omnibus Spending Bill for fiscal year 2003.
  Included within the Bill is 30 million to fund
  the first year of EarthScope.
• The funds for EarthScope are included with the
  Major Research Equipment and Facilities
  Construction Account of the National Science
  Foundation.
• The FY03 total for NSF is a record 5.3 billion,
  with 4 billion for research, 909 million for
  education and human resources, and 150 million
  for the Major Research Equipment and Facilities
  Construction Account that contains EarthScope.
  NSFs budget is 536 million more than last year
  and 316 million over NSFs own request.

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EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory

• Science Goals (primary context of seismic and
  GPS)
• The following goals for the magmatic systems
  component of Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO)
  derive naturally from the basic science questions
  to be addressed and are achievable within the
  constraints of time and resources that are
  currently envisioned for PBO as a whole.
• Understand the role played by volcanic systems
  in plate and intraplate margin dynamics, and the
  effects of magmatic processes on crustal
  properties and motions.
• Document and understand interactions among
  magmatic systems, regional crustal stress and
  faults, and large earthquakes.
• Characterize magma plumbing systems from
  source to surface in four dimensions
• Understand the kinematics and dynamics of
  magma movements beneath plate-margin volcanoes of
  various types in a variety of tectonic settings.
• Understand the dynamics of eruptive and
  intrusive processes.
• Elucidate processes responsible for volcanic
  unrest, including episodes of persistent unrest
  at large silicic calderas, and their relation to
  fault-stress interaction.
• Improve eruption prediction and volcano hazards
  mitigation.

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Existing NSF Programs ATM
The Bow Echo and MCV Experiment (BAMEX) is
organized by scientists Christopher Davis and
Morris Weisman at the National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. MCV
stands for mesoscale convective vortex, a
low-pressure center associated with large
clusters of storms. The 4 million study is
funded primarily by the National Science
Foundation (NSF). Collaborators include the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), the Naval Research Laboratory, and a
dozen colleges and universities (listed below).
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Existing NSF Programs OCE
The research goals of CLIVAR are to describe and
understand the physical processes responsible for
climate variability and predictability on time
scales ranging from seasonal to centennial, and
to extend the range and accuracy of seasonal to
interannual climate prediction through
development of global coupled models.