Rhett Butler

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Infrasound Workshop
IRIS History, Structure and Resources
Rhett Butler Global Seismographic Network
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the IRIS Consortium
V a Consortium National Focus for research in
seismology Forum for communication Setting of
community priorities Development of community
resources International cooperation V a
Facility Core Programs - GSN, PASSCAL, DMS, and
EO NSF Cooperative Agreement V a
Corporation Administrative, fiscal, and legal
structure
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Program Implementation

• Data Management System
• Data Management Center (12 FTEs - IRIS staff)
• Subawards to UW, Harvard
• Global Seismographic Network
• Major Subaward to IDA, UCSD (9 FTEs)
• MOU for coordination with USGS Albuquerque
  Seismic Laboratory
• PASSCAL (Program for Array Seismic Studies of the
  Continental Lithosphere)
• Major subaward for PASSCAL Instrument Center at
  New Mexico Tech (12 FTEs)
• Education and Outreach
• University Subawards
• Collaboration with DLESE, SCEC and others

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Science and Facilities

• Science - Facility Interactions
• NSF reviews and defines scientific programs
• IRIS provides facilities to support science
• NSF monitors IRIS plans and implementation
• IRIS works with NSF and the research community to
  
• set priorities for facility development
• explore new research areas

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Consortium Governance

• Board of Directors
• Board member from each member institution
• Annual Board Meeting (AGU) - Annual Workshop
• Executive Committee
• Seven members elected by Board for three year
  terms
• Policy, Annual Planning and Budget
• Standing Committees
• GSN, DMS, PASSCAL, EO
• Six to eight members each
• Advisory to (and appointed by) Excom
• Coordinating Committee
• Chaired by ExCom Vice Chair
• Standing Committee Chairs, ExCom rep and Program
  Managers
• Program and Budget Coordination
• Planning Committee
• Long range planning

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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
IRIS 96 US Institutions Board of Directors
GSN
DMS
EO
PASSCAL
IRIS DMC
Univ. of Wash
New Mexico Tech
ASL
IDA
UNIV
Harvard
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Headquarters Office
President David Simpson
Director of Planning Gregory van der Vink
Headquarters Staff
Director of Operations Shane Ingate
Admin Assistant - Susan Strain Publications -
Jason Mallet Receptionist - Teresa Saavedra
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IRIS Funding History
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IRISThe Formative Years

• pre 1983 - numerous Academy reports 1983
  NAS COSEPUP Initiatives La Jolla, SSA and
  Carnegie Workshops ARIES (global seismology)
  Resolution to incorporate 1984 GSN Science
  Plan ARIES renamed IRIS Madison (PASSCAL)
  Workshop May 8, IRIS incorporated with 26
  founding members PASSCAL Science Plan July -
  10 year Rainbow proposal submitted to
  NSF Letter of Agreement with NSF 1985 Planning
  grant from NSF July - President
  appointed October - Rosslyn office opened

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The Development Years 1986-1991

• Instrument Specification and Development IRIS
  - USGS and UCSD PASSCAL - PASSCAL bus and
  developmental RFP DMS - Science Plan
• PASSCAL - field studies experiment
  1998 -PASSCAL instruments and instrument center
• GSN - upgrade of existing stations design
  study international FDSN involvement
• DMS -1986 - interim DMC IRIS staff of
  10 Budget of 2M-5M/year

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The Implementation Years 1991-1996

• Expansion
• GSN to 100 stations PASSCAL to 600
  instruments DMS to 2 terabytes JSP Russian
  Cooperative Program Nuclear monitoring Specia
  l funding opportunity IRIS staff of 20 (10
  Management, 10 at DMC) Budget of 7.5M/year
  NSF, 9M/year DOD

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Stability and Growth 1996 - 2003

• Stable Core Program Operations Program
  Expansions Education and Outreach Geophysical
  Observatories Telemetry Networked Data
  Centers Ocean Bottom Observatories Software
  Development Expanded funding base DoE USGS
  GSN support
• EarthScope

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GSN

• 100M Facility since 1986
• Global Infrastructure and International
  Partnerships
• Two Network Operators
• USGS Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory
• University of California at San Diego
• Multi-Use Scientific Facility Funded by US
  National Science Foundation and US Geological
  Survey

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Infrastructure Partnerships

• US National Seismic Network
• GSN Houston Hub
• Africa
• South America
• GSN Russian Internet
• Russian National Seismic Network
• International GPS Service
• China Network
• GSN Pacific Hub
• National Weather Service / Tsunami Warning
• IMS/GCI Sharing
• Internet contributed by many countries and
  institutions

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51 GSN Sites are designated IMS Auxiliary Stations
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GCI Shared Sites
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Lusaka, Zambia
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Tsunami Warning

• Real-time GSN Data Critical for Advanced Warning
• Internet Used
• Direct Access to Data at Pacific Tsunami Warning
  Center in Oahu, Hawaii

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GSN Telemetry Sharing with National Weather
Service
Pitcairn Island VSAT
GSN Pacific Hub at the Pacific Tsunami Warning
Center
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