Status of Proposed NSF Projects

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Status of Proposed NSF Projects
Milton Garces University of Hawaii, Manoa
Second NSF Infrasound Workshop, June 8, 2005
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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 Infrasound Workshop, June 24-25,
2003Selected Projects
Studies of eruption processes in basaltic and
andesitic volcanoes (Two submissions, to be
changed) PI M. Garces, University of Hawaii,
Manoa Modeling the Generation and Propagation of
Microbaroms (Rejected, new theory
developed) PIs Ken Gilbert, University of
Mississippi Milton Garces, University of Hawaii,
Manoa Source studies of littoral infrasound
(Rejected, related project with BBNT funded by
DARPA) PIs Mark Merrifield, University of
Hawaii, Manoa Milton Garces, University of
Hawaii, Manoa Probing the ionosphere using
dual-frequency GPS to identify the causes of
long-period acoustic waves in the atmosphere and
to study coupling between the lower
atmosphere/solid Earth and the upper
atmosphere PIs Michael Hedlin and Jean-Bernard
Minster, University of California, San
Diego Eric Calais and Jennifer Haase, Purdue
University Infrasonic Remote Sensing of the
Atmosphere PI Ken Gilbert, University of
Mississippi Collaborator Douglas Drob, Naval
Research Laboratory
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Studies of eruption processes, Takes 1 and 2
Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat
REJECTED TWICE
2 Excellent 1 Very Good 2 Good
Both Times
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Studies of eruption processes, Take 3
Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
Mt. St. Helens, WA

• Collaboration with USGS CVO, HVO, Menlo Park
• Letters of collaboration, contractual
  arrangement with GS

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Surf Infrasound
NSF proposal submitted and rejected. Excellent
data set collected under the auspices of DARPA,
in collaboration with BBNT. TBC.
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Microbarom source characterizationSubmitted,
rejected, new theory developed
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Passive acoustic tomography of the atmosphere
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Possible New Project Tsunami and Earthquake
Infrasound
Possible resonant triad source