Community Workshop: COCONet - Results, Sustainability, and Capacity Building

社区研讨会：COCONet - 结果、可持续性和能力建设

• 批准号: 1634055
• 负责人: Glen Mattioli
• 金额: $ 9.91万
• 依托单位: UNAVCO, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-01 至 2017-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1634055&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Community; Workshop; COCONet; Results; Sustainability

1634055MattioliThis grant supports a scientific workshop to be held in May 2016. NSF Geosciences previously supported the design, construction and initial operations of COCONet (Continuously Operating Caribbean GPS Observational Network) to promote advances in in tectonic and weather hazards research in the pan-Caribbean region (EAR-1042906). COCOnet development represents a partnership with 28 sovereign nation and 41 distinct administrative entities in the circum-Caribbean region. A network of over 80 continuously operating Global Positioning System and meteorological observation stations (GPS/Met) that were procured and deployed or refurbished with support from the COCONet construction awards is now nearly complete. In addition, the managing institution, UNAVCO, was able to negotiate with Caribbean partners for the ingestion of an additional 62 GPS data streams engaging Caribbean country regional data centers in the process. All data are publically accessible via the UNAVCO Data archive. Most recently over 80% of all COCONet sites were delivering data to the UNAVCO archive and 45 of those stations deliver in near real time and at high rate (1 Hz). The COCONet data support: 1) constraints on the tectonics of the entire Caribbean region; 2) the enhancement of atmospheric observations that can be used to test and extend climate models; 3) improvement of the analysis of local geodetic measurements by providing access to an integrated backbone of reference stations; and 4) improved likelihood of forecasting natural hazards that pose such a significant threat to the region.The focus of the workshop presentations and discussions will be on the scientific results, current status and operational requirements, identification of possible pathways to sustain operations into the future, and international capacity building opportunities afforded by the COCONet GPS/Met network. The proposed workshop will bring together scientists, government agency and emergency management officials to discuss the scientific achievements and operational success of COCONet to date, this will include scientists and students from several Caribbean region countries including representatives that are now in charge of established regional COCONet data centers. The workshop will address issues such as hardware and software standardization and will have focused talks highlighting regional partner experiences on the status of the network in their country and how they are planning to maintain and operate COCONet systems. Regional Data Center (RDC) directors from Colombia, Nicaragua, and Barbados will present the status of the data centers in their country and ideas about how to maintain these regional centers for the long-term. The workshop will engage student participation from Caribbean and U.S. academic institutions. This grant is made with support from multiple Programs in the Geosciences Directorate and the Office of International Science and Engineering. This support is congruent with NSFs mission of promoting the progress of science and advancing the national health, prosperity and welfare given the importance of advancing understanding of geohazards that routinely impact the interests of the U.S. as well the training of students in geoscience research and research methods with potential downstream workforce benefits to earth science, meteorology, engineering and emergency management sectors.

1634055Mattioli 这笔赠款支持将于 2016 年 5 月举行的科学研讨会。NSF 地球科学此前支持 COCONet（持续运行加勒比 GPS 观测网络）的设计、建设和初始运营，以促进泛加勒比地区构造和天气灾害研究的进展(EAR-1042906)。 COCOnet 的开发代表了与环加勒比地区 28 个主权国家和 41 个不同行政实体的合作伙伴关系。 在 COCONet 建设奖项的支持下采购、部署或翻新的由 80 多个持续运行的全球定位系统和气象观测站 (GPS/Met) 组成的网络现已接近完工。 此外，管理机构 UNAVCO 还能够与加勒比合作伙伴协商，获取额外的 62 个 GPS 数据流，并参与加勒比国家区域数据中心的参与。 所有数据均可通过 UNAVCO 数据档案公开访问。 最近，超过 80% 的 COCONet 站点正在向 UNAVCO 档案库传送数据，其中 45 个站点以近乎实时的方式以高速率 (1 Hz) 传送数据。 COCONet数据支持：1）对整个加勒比地区构造的约束； 2) 加强可用于测试和扩展气候模型的大气观测； 3) 通过提供对参考站综合主干网的访问，改进对当地大地测量的分析； 4) 提高预测对该地区构成重大威胁的自然灾害的可能性。研讨会演示和讨论的重点将是科学成果、现状和运营要求，以及确定未来维持运营的可能途径，以及 COCONet GPS/Met 网络提供的国际能力建设机会。 拟议的研讨会将汇集科学家、政府机构和应急管理官员，讨论 COCONet 迄今为止的科学成就和运营成功，其中包括来自多个加勒比地区国家的科学家和学生，其中包括现在负责已建立的区域 COCONet 数据的代表中心。 研讨会将讨论硬件和软件标准化等问题，并将重点讨论区域合作伙伴在其国家网络状况方面的经验以及他们计划如何维护和运营 COCONet 系统。 来自哥伦比亚、尼加拉瓜和巴巴多斯的区域数据中心 (RDC) 主管将介绍各自国家数据中心的现状以及如何长期维护这些区域中心的想法。 该研讨会将吸引来自加勒比和美国学术机构的学生参与。 这笔赠款是在地球科学局和国际科学与工程办公室多个项目的支持下提供的。 鉴于促进对经常影响美国利益的地质灾害的了解以及对学生进行地球科学研究和研究方法培训的重要性，这种支持与国家科学基金会促进科学进步和促进国民健康、繁荣和福利的使命是一致的。为地球科学、气象、工程和应急管理部门带来潜在的下游劳动力优势。