HR: 15:35h
AN: U53B-06    [Abstracts]
TI: Sustainable Geophysical Observatory Networks
AU: * Willemann, R J
EM: ray@iris.edu
AF: IRIS, 1200 New York Ave. NW, suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, United States
AU: Lerner-Lam, A
EM: lerner@ldeo.columbia.eddu
AF: Center for Geohazards and Risk Research, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 230 Seismology 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, United States
AU: Aster, R
EM: aster@dutchman.nmt.edu
AF: New Mexico Inst. of Mining & Technology, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, United States
AU: Beck, S
EM: beck@geo.arizona.edu
AF: University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Gould-Simpson Building #77 1040 East 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 8572, United States
AU: Ekstrom, G
EM: ekstrom@ldeo.columbia.edu
AF: Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, United States
AU: Nyblade, A
EM: andy@geosc.psu.edu
AF: Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, 503 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, United States
AU: Sandvol, E
EM: sandvole@missouri.edu
AF: University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Geological Sciences, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MD 65211, United States
AB: Geophysical networks are defined not only by their technical specifications, but also by the characteristics and needs of the communities that use them. Growing populations supported by more elaborate urban infrastructure with its fine-grained socio-economic interdependencies and relying on global and regional connections for sustainability make new demands for natural hazard risk management. Taking advantage of advances in the underlying science to provide society with accurate risk assessments often requires higher fidelity measurements, entirely new types of observations, and an evolutionary sense of data products and information management. Engineering a high-tech system to address stakeholder needs is difficult, and designing for unpredictable developments requires an emphasis on adaptation. Thus, it is essential to promote formation of organizations or communities that can support evolution of a technological system, imagine new uses, and develop the societal relationships that sustain operations and provide capital for improvement. The owners must have a deep understanding of why the system works in particular ways and how to manage data products for the benefits of stakeholders. To be effective, community promotion must be sustained over a longer period of time than required to build a network and should be aimed at integrating the community into worldwide partnerships. Practices that can promote community formation if they are sustained include repeated training and scientific exchange workshops, extended visits by experts and staff at all levels to and from countries where networks are installed, mechanisms that make timely upgrades realistically possible, and routine exchange and wide dissemination of data in all directions. The combination of international research and educational collaborations, supported by open data exchange, with regionalized and specific assessments of local stakeholder needs and concerns, provides a sustainable model for geophysical observation.
UR: http:www.iris.edu/instrumentloan/
DE: 6699 General or miscellaneous
DE: 7212 Earthquake ground motions and engineering seismology
DE: 7294 Seismic instruments and networks (0935, 3025)
DE: 8488 Volcanic hazards and risks
SC: Union [U]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly