From Torild.van.Eck at knmi.nl Thu Aug 20 05:53:26 2009 From: Torild.van.Eck at knmi.nl (Eck van, Torild (KNMI)) Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:53:26 +0200 Subject: [fdsn-general] U19: Scientific Progress in Geophysics from 25 Years of Sharing Data and Resources Message-ID: <1AD866A4F45E8C459D8C6A14F6CAFAE0F45E87@BCSXTC.knmi.nl> Dear FDSN colleague, I write to you to announce a special Union Session at the upcoming AGU meeting in San Francisco, "U19: Scientific Progress in Geophysics from 25 Years of Sharing Data and Resources." As the FDSN approaches its own 25-year anniversary, our international community has benefited greatly from the principles of shared resources and open data exchange espoused by FDSN members. The broadband networks of FDSN have been a fundamental source of progress in seismology and geophysics, and a garden for scientific discovery. As a co-convener of this Union Session, I welcome and encourage your participation in this session, and look forward to seeing you in San Francisco. Best Regards, Rhett Butler IRIS GSN Session Announcement: U19: Scientific Progress in Geophysics from 25 Years of Sharing Data and Resources Twenty-five years ago the U.S. seismological community committed itself to the notion that sharing seismological data and instrumentation would dramatically advance research and education in seismology. The collective undertaking that grew from that commitment proved remarkably successful, not in the least because vast improvements in instrumentation went hand-in-hand with the establishment of a global network, the acquisition of a large communal pool of portable instrumentation, and agreements on data archiving and free data exchange that were revolutionary at the time. The explosion of resources and open data that flowed from the IRIS consortium transformed the science of seismology, revolutionized our holistic understanding of the structure and dynamics of our planet, and ushered in an exciting new era of cross-disciplinary research. A strong interconnection has developed between advances in seismological research and complementary progress in marine geophysics, mineral physics, geodynamics, tectonophysics, geodesy, geochemistry, petrology, and planetary science. Rapidly evolving integrative research has impacted areas as varied as tsunami monitoring, episodic tremor and slip, deep earth structure, and climate-change induced ice sheet seismicity, and it is a principal cornerstone of EarthScope. The successful IRIS model has since been widely emulated by others, including the COMPRES, CIG, and GEON consortia, and it challenges other research communities to embrace the principles of shared resources and open data exchange. We welcome contributions from all geophysical and related disciplines that address the critical role played by organized sharing of data and resources in advancing geophysical research and influencing future directions. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Please note that the deadline for electronic abstract submission is September 3rd, 2009. For additional information see http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09 or contact one of the conveners. We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco. Conveners: David James. james at dtm.ciw.edu Guust Nolet. nolet at geoazur.unice.fr Rhett Butler. rhett at iris.edu Robert Liebermann. robert.liebermann at sunysb.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: