Southern California Earthquake Center

南加州地震中心

• 批准号: 0529922
• 负责人: Thomas Jordan
• 金额: $ 1343.7万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-02-01 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0529922&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Southern; California; Earthquake; Center

The basic science goal of Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) is to understand the physics of the Southern California fault system and encode this understanding in a system-level model that can predict salient aspects of earthquake behavior. Southern California's network of several hundred active faults forms a superb natural laboratory for the study of earthquake physics. Its seismic, geodetic, and geologic data are among the best in the world. Moreover, Southern California contains 23 million people, so that high seismic hazard translates to nearly one-half of the national earthquake risk. The Center's tripartite mission statement emphasizes the connections between information gathering, knowledge formulation through physics-based modeling, and public communication of hazard and risk. An important part of SCEC's mission is to increase the diversity of its scientific workforce; SCEC values diversity in all aspects of its activities. Created in 1991, SCEC has since expanded to 54 institutions involving over 560 scientists. The core institutions, currently 15, are committed to SCEC's mission and offer sustained support for its programs; the participating institutions, currently 39, are self-nominated through their members' participation. The Center is open to any credible scientist from any research institution interested in collaborating on the problems of earthquake science. However, SCEC is structured to achieve prioritized science objectives within the Southern California Natural Laboratory, and resources are allocated accordingly.

南加州地震中心 (SCEC) 的基本科学目标是了解南加州断层系统的物理原理，并将这种理解编码到可以预测地震行为的显着方面的系统级模型中。南加州由数百个活动断层组成的网络构成了研究地震物理的绝佳天然实验室。其地震、大地测量和地质数据位居世界前列。此外，南加州有 2300 万人口，因此高地震危险性相当于全国地震风险的近一半。该中心的三方使命声明强调信息收集、通过基于物理的建模形成知识以及危害和风险的公众沟通之间的联系。 SCEC 使命的一个重要部分是增加其科学队伍的多样性； SCEC 重视其活动各个方面的多样性。 SCEC 成立于 1991 年，现已扩展到 54 个机构，涉及 560 多名科学家。核心机构目前有 15 个，致力于实现 SCEC 的使命并为其项目提供持续支持；参与机构目前有39个，是通过其成员参与自我提名的。该中心向来自任何研究机构、有兴趣在地震科学问题上进行合作的任何可靠科学家开放。然而，SCEC 的结构是为了实现南加州自然实验室内的优先科学目标，并相应地分配资源。