[iris-bulk] Unprecedented Opportunity in Chile Needs Your Immediate Response

[IRIS]

Dear Colleagues,

In the aftermath of the Magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile, we have  
been discussing with our Chile colleagues and the IRIS staff how the  
U.S. seismological community could best respond. This is an  
unprecedented opportunity to deploy a significant number of seismic  
stations for 4-5 months to capture an aftershock sequence for a  
community-wide open data set that could be used for a large range of  
scientific studies. Given the scope of the aftershock area and  
realities of the logistics, we are proposing a community-coordinated  
response. All data would open providing a “coordinated seismic data  
product” for the 2010 Chile Earthquake.

We need an immediate response from the community on your interest and  
recommendations for scientific targets and deployment strategies. This  
effort will have to be carefully coordinated with our Chilean  
colleagues, so the deployment plan will also be influenced by their  
interests and logistics in the field. We would also like some  
indication if you are interested and able to go into the field to  
assist in the deployment (Spanish speakers with international  
deployment experience would be ideal). Initial discussions suggest  
that we could have as many as 50-100 instruments. Time is short so we  
would like to hear from those interested in the next 24 hours. IRIS,  
with the help of the community, is prepared to request funding using  
the NSF RAPID proposal mechanism for the deployment costs. Funding for  
science projects using this data would come from NSF PI-driven  
proposals to be submitted later by the PIs.

There are still many details to work out, but time is critical so we  
need to move quickly. Please indicate your interest in developing the  
science and deployment plan and/or in assisting with the fieldwork  
within the next 24 hours by emailing chile at iris.edu. We will be  
working to develop the science and deployment plans in the next few  
days.

Susan Beck
Chair, IRIS Board of Directors

Richard Allen
Chair, IRIS PASSCAL Standing Committee


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