[iris-bulk] IRIS Response to Chile Earthquake

[IRIS]

Many members of the IRIS community responded to our request last week  
for science targets and field volunteers for a PASSCAL deployment  
following the Chile earthquake on February 27th.

A proposal for installation of 60 broadband instruments has been  
submitted to NSF via their RAPID mechanism and recommended for  
funding. The science rational in the proposal drew heavily from ideas  
many of you provided. The deployment is being done as an "IRIS  
Community" response and all data will be open and freely available.

We have established an initial team of five university members and  
three PASSCAL Instrument Center staff who are ready to head to the  
field next week for the initial deployment in the earthquake rupture  
zone and environs. They will collaborate with the scientific staff at  
the University of Chile and coordinate the instrument siting and data  
exchange with a number of US and European groups who are also  
installing seismic and geodetic instrumentation.
	
We plan to open a special page on the IRIS website next week that will  
provide you with more information on the deployment and give news  
updates from the field.