[iris-bulk] IRIS WORKSHOP AGENDA: Flexi-RAMP Concept development

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IRIS WORKSHOP AGENDA: Flexi-RAMP Concept development
Tue April 7, 2009, 9am to 5pm at Portola Hotel & Spa in Monterey,  
California
This is the day before the Annual SSA Meeting and in the same hotel

All participants are invited to bring 2-3 slide presentations of their  
goals and concept ideas

PROGRAM
All presentations are 15 mins followed by 15 mins of discussion

9:00 Flexi-RAMP Science and Engineering Goals
David Oppenheimer: USGS/ANSS needs for portable post-earthquake  
recording
Pablo Ampuero: Multi-array networks for high-frequency earthquake  
rupture imaging
Tom Brocher: Post-Earthquake Seismic Hazard Studies

Break

John Wallace: Rapid Array Deployments for Civil Infrastructure
Short concept presentations from participants (2-3 slides max)

12:00 Working Lunch
Break-out groups: Discussions of scientific and engineering objectives

1:00 Current practices and new developments in portable networks

Jesse Laurence: QCN, A Low-cost method For Rapidly Array Mobilization
Oppenheimer: NetQuakes instruments for aftershock studies
Paul Davis: Specifications for Wireless FlexiRamp
Break

3:00 Break-out groups: Develop strawman Flexi-RAMP instrumentation  
proposal

4:00 Group reports: Objectives and instrumentation

5:00 Adjourn

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
The objective of the Flexi-RAMP initiative is to add to the pool of  
seismic equipment suitable for a Rapid Array Mobilization Program  
(RAMP) to study aftershock zones or volcanoes. It is envisioned to be  
a “Flexi”-RAMP as a large fraction of the instrumentation would be  
used by the community in short-term experiments at any time. PIs would  
be required to rapidly demobilize and send equipment to the RAMP  
region when a large event occurs.

At this one-day workshop we will develop the scientific objectives,  
the engineering interests, and the instrumentation needs of Flexi- 
RAMP. What are the important scientific targets both in the RAMP and  
Flexi modes of use? What type or types of instrumentation should be  
included and how many, 100 or 1000?

The program will include short presentations designed to stimulate the  
discussion and ample time for discussion. The morning will focus on  
science and engineering goals and the afternoon on instrumentation and  
operations. All participants are encouraged to bring one or two slides  
to illuminate the discussion. Lunch will be provided.

To participate in the workshop please contact Richard Allen (rallen at berkeley.edu 
). The room block for SSA has been extended to the night of April 6 at  
the SSA rate. Please make your own hotel reservation.

Organizing committee: Richard Allen (UC Berkeley), Marcos Alvarez  
(IRIS-PASSCAL), Paul Davis (UCLA)


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