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National Science Foundation Infrasound Workshop

National Science Foundation Infrasound Workshop. July 24-25, 2003, Waikoloa, Hawaii. Aloha!. Welcome to the first NSF Infrasound Workshop Informal dinner at Roy’s, 5:45 PM, across the hotel on the King’s shops: show of hands Please leave us copies of your presentations!

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National Science Foundation Infrasound Workshop

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  1. National Science Foundation Infrasound Workshop July 24-25, 2003, Waikoloa, Hawaii

  2. Aloha! • Welcome to the first NSF Infrasound Workshop • Informal dinner at Roy’s, 5:45 PM, across the hotel on the King’s 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

  3. 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 NSF’s mission and priorities • High impact, high profile • Integration with other disciplines • Three divisions: EAR, ATM, and OCE • Outline scientific goals and projects

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. 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. NSF’s budget is $536 million more than last year and $316 million over NSF’s own request.

  7. 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.

  8. 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).

  9. 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.

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