State of the Consortium
14th Annual IRIS Workshop
Waikoloa, Hawaii
June 13, 2002
David Simpson
In the beginning . . .
and reports from the National Academy
1983
1983
1983
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1983
Committee on Science Engineering and Public Policy
The Briefing Panel has identified five research areas in which
significant dividends can be expected as a result of
incremental federal investment in FY1985.
•These five research areas are:
•Seismic Investigations of the Continental Crust
•Continental Scientific Drilling
•Physics and Chemistry of Geological Materials
•Global Digital Seismic Array
•Satellite Geodesy
IRIS
Articles of Incorporation
May 8, 1984
• Purposes:
• to promote and conduct geophysical investigation of the
Earth’s interior using seismic and other geophysical methods;
• to promote the exchange of information and knowledge and to
create, foster, and encourage cooperative efforts between the
members of the Corporation and other organizations, research
workers, students and other institutions involved in the area of
the study of Earth sciences;
• to solicit, raise and receive funds for the advancement and
furtherance of the foregoing purposes; and
• to do any other acts that may further the general purposes of
the Corporation as set forth herein.
The “Rainbow Proposal”
December, 1984
“The Rainbow Proposal”
Imaging the Earth’s Interior:
Detailed Studies of the Earth and of the Seismic Source
with New Global and Transportable Arrays
A Proposal to the National Science Foundation
from
IRIS: The Incorporated ResearchInstitutions for Seismology
Duration: 10 years
Requested Starting Date: January 1, 1985
Amount Requested: $107 M for initial 5 years
Estimated: $281 M 10-year total
Thomas V. McEvilly
Chairman, Board of Directors
and Acting President
Shelton A. Alexander
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
December, 1984
Rainbow Proposal - Outline
This proposal is for support of the ten-year IRIS program for the
implementation of four major national facilities for seismology:
• A Global Digital Seismic Array
featuring real-time satellite telemetry from one hundred modern
seismographic observatories
• A Mobile Array
comprised of one thousand portable digital seismographs to be used
for studies of the continental lithosphere
• Central Data Management and Distribution Facilities
to provide rapid and convenient access to the data sets for the entire
research community
• A Major Computational Facility
capable of supporting the analyses of these new data
A Global Digital Seismic Array
featuring real-time satellite telemetry
from one hundred modern
seismographic observatories
1984
~45 digital stations
GDSN, RTSN, IDA and GEOSCOPE
2002
~125 GSN stations
~200 station total with FDSN partners
1960’s to 1980’s - WWSSN Equipment
2002 - the GSN “Family Portrait”
10 terabytes
Central Data Management
and Distribution Facilities
1 Gbyte
to provide rapid and convenient
access to the data sets for the
entire research community
130 .0
120 .0
1984
110 .0
Actual
100 .0
Data input - 150- 350 Gbyte /year
Large data sets ( >200 Gbytes)
80.0
ANSS
US Array
JSP Arrays
Regio nal-Trig
USNSN
teraby tes
treated as statistical outliers
90.0
Estimated
CTBT/IMS
70.0
FDSN
PASSCAL-RR
60.0
PASSCAL-BB
GSN
50.0
2002
40.0
30.0
20 terabytes in 12.5 millions files
20.0
10.0
6 terabytes/year
0.0
198 8 198 9 199 0 199 1 199 2 199 3 199 4
199 5 199 6 199 7 199 8
199 9 200 0 200 1
200 2 200 3 200 4 200 5
PASSCAL:
A Mobile Array comprised of one thousand
portable digital seismographs to be used for
studies of the continental lithosphere
2002 PASSCAL Inventory
6 channel recorders
270
BB
3 channel recorders
250
SP
Single channel recorders
440
HF UTEP
400
HF IRIS
Multi-channel instruments
Telemetry components
4 x 60
75
chs
IRIS Funding History
IRIS Membership
1984
26 Founding Members
2002
99
2
43
1
Full Members
U.S. Affiliates
Foreign Affiliates
Educational Affiliate
• the Consortium
Forum for communication
Setting of community priorities
Development of community resources
International cooperation
Focus for interdisciplinary research
• the Facility
Core Programs
GSN
PASSCAL
DMS
E&O
• the Corporation
Administrative, fiscal, and legal structure
NSF- IRIS Cooperative Agreement No. EAR-0004370
Exploring the Earth at High Resolution
EFFECTIVE DATE:July 1 , 2001
EXPIRATION DATE:June 30, 2006
It is the intent of the Foundation to provide up to $69,377,900 to support the IRIS Consortium
over the next 5 years.
Contingent on the availability of funds, up to $68,000,000 of the total amount will be awarded
by the NSF Earth Sciences Division Instrumentation and Facilities Program (EAR/IF) to
support IRIS core programs as set forth in this Agreement.
Core support for FY 2001 Year 1 funds is $12,600,000.
Core support for the out-years is as follows:
FY 2002 - $13,100,000
FY 2003 - $13,600,000
FY 2004 - $14,100,000
FY 2005 - $14,600,000
In addition, the $68,000,000 may be supplemented, through amendments to this Cooperative
Agreement, up to a five-year maximum total of $20,000,000 for an approved NSB total of up
to $88,000,000. The supplements will be from other NSF Programs, other Federal agency or
other funds, when available and as appropriate, in support of projects or other scientific
activities deemed compatible with the scientific and educational mission of IRIS.
NSF- IRIS Cooperative Agreement No. EAR-0004370
Exploring the Earth at High Resolution
EFFECTIVE DATE:July 1 , 2001
EXPIRATION DATE:June 30, 2006
Special Requirements:
GSN Review
IRIS will carry out and report to NSF by July 1, 2003, an in-depth study of the
operation, personnel and instrument costs, and support of the Global
Seismographic Network, in collaboration with NSF, USGS, representatives of the
Federation of Digital Seismic Networks (FDSN), and GSN network operators.
Management Review
NSF will conduct, in coordination with the Awardee and its appropriate
governance committees, a review of IRIS management to be completed by July
1, 2004. A report of this review will be submitted to the National Science Board
(NSB) during the second half of 2004, and will provide more information for the
basis of the decision to either allow the submission of a renewal proposal or to
recompete the operation of this facility.
2001-2002 IRIS Program Miscellany
Visit Posters and Program Forums this Afternoon for details!
PASSCAL
GSN
IMS interactions
Auxiliary Stations and
Communications Interface
H2O
Operational and funded
ANSS - GSN collaboration
Congressional/ DOE instrument funding
$ 1M FY’02 25 element array
$2.5 M FY’03
Next Generation Instrument
Development and testing
Arrays
SAFOD experiment
DMS
Information Technology Research
project with SCEC and SDSC
Real Time
BUD, Data Handling Interface
Transitions
Education and Outreach
Program Plan
Educational Affiliates
Trinity College - Glenn Kroeger
IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecturers
Walter Mooney
Roger Bilham
Museum Program
• the Consortium
• the Facility
GSN
PASSCAL
DMS
E&O
• the Corporation
IRIS Governance, 2002
Executive Committee
Göran Ekström (Chair)
Harvard University
Standing Committees
Data Management System
Monica Kohler, UCLA
Tim Ahern
Education and Outreach
Rick Aster, New Mexico Tech
John Taber
Tom Owens (Vice Chair)
University of S. Carolina
Susan Beck
University of Arizona
Steve Malone
University of Washington
Global Seismographic Network
Barbara Romanowicz, UC Berkeley Rhett Butler
Gary Pavlis
Indiana University
Cliff Thurber
PASSCAL
Roy Johnson, U. of Arizona
Jim Fowler
University of Wisconsin
Rob van der Hilst
MIT
Andy Nyblade (Secretary)
Penn State
Candy Shin (Treasurer)
IRIS
Special Committees
Planning Committee
Adam Dziewonski, Harvard
Greg van der Vink
Coordination Committee
Tom Owens, U. of South Carolina
Shane Ingate