HR: 1340h
AN: G13B-1229    [Abstracts]
TI: EarthScope Website Revised
AU: * Blackman, B
EM: blackman@earthscope.org
AF: UNAVCO, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
AU: Lee, E
EM: elee@unavco.org
AU: Jackson, M
EM: jackson@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
AB: EarthScope is an ambitious, multidisciplinary program funded by the National Science Foundation to explore the structure and evolution of the North American continent and understand processes controlling earthquakes and volcanoes. The EarthScope program web site (http://www.earthscope.org) gives an initial introduction to the purpose, scope, and benefits of one of the largest NSF-funded programs ever undertaken. It also acts as the central point of information dissemination for the scientific community and a resource repository for education and outreach purposes. Over the past year, the EarthScope program Web site has been redesigned to simplify access to information while developing a larger focus on the scientific perspective derived from this uniquely inter-disciplinary program. A new categorical orientation of the EarthScope program observatories, instruments, and data availability provides new visitors a more cohesive understanding of the component facility role and a clear introduction to the organizations responsible for each facility. Though the EarthScope program web site primarily provides introductory level information and announcements, new and intuitive features are being implemented routinely. A Beta release of the new EarthScope Google Map allows a broader audience to view and access instrument station information in a way that is familiar and informative. Centralized links to visualizations and other multi-media products that showcase scientific interpretations derived from EarthScope instrument data provides a greater comprehension of the scope and benefits of this program.
UR: http://www.earthscope.org
DE: 6699 General or miscellaneous
SC: Geodesy [G]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting