[iris-bulk] Long Range Science Plan for Seismology document

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Long Range Science Plan for Seismology
Request for comments on final draft document

     An NSF-funded workshop to engage the seismological research  
community in development of a Long-Range Science Plan for Seismology  
(LRSPS) was held in Denver CO, September 18-19, 2008.

     A report entitled "Seismological Grand Challenges in  
Understanding Earth's Dynamic Systems", prepared by the workshop  
writing group and reviewed by the workshop participants, is now being  
made available for general commentary.

www.iris.edu/hq/lrsps

     The writing group developed an outline for the document  
immediately following the workshop, organizing the many exciting  
scientific presentations in the workshop into a suite of ten major  
basic research topics spanning primary disciplinary activities.  
Members of the writing group volunteered to write  descriptions of one  
or more of the identified "Grand Challenges", along with assembling  
shorter "sidebars" with examples of exciting developments and  
applications.  These were assembled into a draft document that was  
broadly edited by the Editor and workshop tri-chairs and reviewed by  
the workshop participants.  The key questions, infrastructure needs,  
and research approaches associated with each Grand Challenge topic  
were distilled directly from the workshop presentations and break-out  
group reports.  Of course, much detail has been omitted to keep it  
lean, broadly accessible, and useful for the intended broad high-level  
audience within NSF, other government agencies, academia, and elsewhere.

     We now invite your general and specific comments on this final  
draft. Please recognize the length limitations and the necessarily  
wide scope of the report. Suggestions for improved or additional  
figures (along with high quality .pdf or .ai versions and short figure  
captions) are welcome.  The report will now undergo professional  
editing and layout, so word-smithing is less critical at this point  
than making sure that the document fully represents community  
perspectives and excitement.

     Editor Thorne Lay (thorne at pmc.ucsc.edu) would like to receive any  
comments and figures by December 1, 2008. The goal is still to  
complete a final, formatted document by Fall AGU, 2008, so your prompt  
response is desired.

     Thank you again to those who participated in the LRSPS workshop  
and to all who are providing input into this process.

Thorne Lay, Editor
Richard C. Aster, workshop tri-chair
Donald W. Forsyth, workshop tri-chair
Barbara Romanowicz, workshop tri-chair


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