An Earth science program to

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An Earth science program to explore the 4D
structure of the North American continent
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PROGRAM STRUCTURE
EarthScope Program Director (NSF)
EarthScope Science and Education Advisory Committ
ee (ESEC)
EarthScope RRA

EarthScope Facility Director
EarthScope Facility Executive Committee (EFEC)
USArray (IRIS)
PBO (UNAVCO)
SAFOD (Stanford)
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EarthScope as an NSF/EARScience Program

• Goal
• Fundamental advances in geoscience
• Science driven
• Research based
• Peer reviewed
• Product
• Scientific results

• Management Plan
• NSF open program announcement
• Individual research grants
• Collaborative research grants
• Focused research
• External research direction
• Integrative research centers
• Strong partnerships
• USGS, NASA, DOE
• State surveys
• International

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Science Goals

• Explore the Structure and Dynamics of the North
  American Continent
• Structure and evolution of the continent and deep
  Earth
• Earthquake processes and seismic hazards
• Magmatic processes and volcanic hazards
• Active deformation and tectonics
• Continental geodynamics
• Fluids in the crust
• Exploration and discovery

Requires an Interdisciplinary Approach
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First Solicitation

• 151 proposals requesting a total of 45,153,488
• 72 projects reviewed by panel
• EO - 15
• PBO - 14
• Research - 16
• SAFOD - 11
• USArray - 16
• 9 workshops proposed

• 19 projects funded
• EO - 2
• PBO - 3
• Research - 4
• SAFOD - 6
• USArray - 4
• 6 workshops supported
• 3.4 million awarded

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Examples of Projects

• E O
• Earth Live! - The EarthScope Video
• Map Tools for EarthScope Science and Education
• PBO
• Optimal Network Geometry for PBO
• Understanding Volcanic Sources Through Improved
  Inversion of Deformation and Gravity Data
• Research
• Seismic Characterization of Core Structure of the
  SAF using Fault Zone Guided Waves
• The Cenozoic History of the Western US - a Data
  Integration Strategy for EarthScope
• SAFOD
• SAFOD Mineral Transformations and Patterns
• Seismic Tomography and Location Calibration
  Around the SAFOD site
• USArray
• Towards Characterizing Depth and Lateral
  Variations of Anisotropy Across the NA Continent
• Receiver Reference Models A Prototype for
  Automated Production of Data Products

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Scientific Questions

• Balanced, timely, complete characterization of
  the SAFOD volume, including earthquake locations
• Capturing slow earthquakes
• Magmatic system eruption characterization
  (predictive)
• NRT 4D transform fault plate boundary behavior
• Development of integrated data analyses
• Identification/development of new scientific
  products
• Identification/development of new science
  education tools/modules
• Maximizing PBO and USArray geometry
• Planning FlexArray and campaign GPS deployments

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Education and Outreach

• The EarthScope Program and the PI-based
  educational network require high degree of
  coordination
• Maintain the excitement, enthusiasm, and
  participation of the educational network
  community
• Insure that the integrative link education and
  outreach oversight duties of ESEC (now a FACA)
  are not lost
• Work with all parties to develop a community
  driven EarthScope E O Program
• Seek appropriate resources to fully develop
  EarthScope E O
• Support an EarthScope Education Coordinator in
  the EarthScope Office to coordinate E O across
  the program

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EarthScope as an NSF/EAR Facility

• Goal
• Data in support of EAR science goals
• Science directed
• Community driven
• Open access
• Product
• Data
• Science-appropriate
• Cutting edge technology
• Free and open access
• Quality control

• Management Plan
• Oversight and governance
• Coordination and balance
• Equipment Acquisition
• Specification
• Procurement
• Inventory and control
• Operations
• Operation and maintenance
• Data management
• Technology RD
• Partnerships

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• NSF Awards 219 Million Over Five Years for
  EarthScope Project Far-reaching geoscience
  effort to understand the North American continent

October 15, 2003
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Facility Components
USArray US Seismic Array a continental scale
seismic array to provide a coherent 3-D image of
the lithosphere and deeper Earth SAFOD San
Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth a borehole
observatory across the San Andreas Fault to
directly measure the physical conditions under
which earthquakes occur PBO Plate Boundary
Observatory a fixed array of strainmeters and GPS
receivers to measure real-time deformation on a
plate boundary scale -----------------------------
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-------------------- EO Education and Outreach
an educational and outreach program to bring the
excitement of the exploration of our continent to
the classroom and the public InSAR
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar images
of tectonically active regions providing
spatially continuous strain measurements over
wide geographic areas.
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View within NSF

• Largest undertaking in NSF-EAR
• 1st MREFC project for Earth Science
• Only NSF-requested MREFC funded in 4 yrs
• Full partnership w/USGS
• Distributed facility
• Test-case for the management and execution of
  NSF-funded large science projects

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EarthScope Data

• All data from the permanent components of
  EarthScope will be available without restriction
  and in real time
• This includes data from
• PBO backbone network and clusters - GPS and
  strain
• ANSS (USArray permanent) and Bigfoot
• SAFOD Observatory instruments
• All data collected with EarthScope instruments,
  along with full metadata, will be archived and
  available through a unified EarthScope Data
  Portal

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EarthScope is underway

• So far
• Management structure developed reviewed
• Project Execution Plan (PEP) developed reviewed
• EarthScope Facility Director and some staff hired
• Within 5 of its schedule and milestones
• Within 1 of its budget
• Drill bit is turning, GPS seismic data
  available
• 3,400,000 in proposals have been funded
• New RFP is out w/ 4,000,000 available
• EO Proposal in process of submission

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Activities

• San Simeon Earthquake Response
• SAFOD Characterization Studies
• Array Operations Facility Approved
• EarthScope Facility office established

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EarthScope Data Availability

• 10 EarthScope stations are operational and are
  recording data
• 4 ANSS stations in Wyoming (1), Nevada (1),
  Texas (1), Alaska (1)
• 6 GPS stations in Colorado (1) and in response
  to San Simeon Earthquake (5)
• Data flow and data availability
• ANSS seismic data via telemetry in real-time to
  IRIS DMC, available to public starting in May
• GPS data via satellite, manual download, and
  cellular telephone modem (end of April) to PBO,
  available now

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EarthScope Facility Phases
The expected operational lifespan of this
project is 15 years after construction is
complete in FY 2007. National Science
Foundation Budget Request FY 2005
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