[OBSIPtec] (4/25/16): Webinar - Potential of an Alaska Amphibious Community Seismic Experiment

[Kasey Aderhold]

For anyone who missed the webinar on Monday on the Alaska Amphibious 
Community Seismic Experiment, a recording of the presentations and 
subsequent Q&A session is available here <https://youtu.be/Gf9vZiZ0J7U> 
on the IRIS EPO YouTube channel. To be included on future communication 
about this community effort, sign up for the project listserv on the 
GeoPRISMS website 
<http://geoprisms.org/research/community-projects/alaska/>. You can also 
view and post ideas about the experiment on this page, and submit a 
request to join the PI team.

On 4/25/16 9:50 AM, Kasey Aderhold wrote:
> A friendly reminder that the webinar on the potential Alaska 
> Amphibious Community Seismic Experiment is today, April 25th, at 1pm 
> EDT. See the link below to register.
>
>> *Announcing a Webinar on the potential of an Alaska Amphibious 
>> Community Seismic Experiment *
>>
>> When: Monday, April 25 2016, 1:00p EDT
>> Register to Attend: 
>> https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8988913650872822532
>> */Standard IRIS-hosted webinar format applies; attendees can type 
>> questions into the webinar interface, which will be communicated to 
>> the organizers./*
>>
>> Likely Presenters: Susan Schwartz, Geoff Abers, Rob Evans, Jeff 
>> Freymueller, Emily Roland, Doug Wiens
>>
>> On March 16, NSF released a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL; NSF16-061; 
>> http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16061/nsf16061.jsp) encouraging 
>> proposals for community-driven shoreline-crossing seismological 
>> arrays along the Alaska subduction margin. The concept follows 
>> directly from the success of the Cascadia Initiative 
>> (http://cascadia.uoregon.edu/) community experiment, and is targeted 
>> toward subduction-related problems of relevance to GeoPRISMS and 
>> EarthScope science plans. The Alaska experiment would take advantage 
>> of the Alaska component of the Earthscope Transportable Array 
>> currently being deployed, in a region of great earthquakes and 
>> abundant volcanism. A workshop in October, 2014 provided scientific 
>> rationale for such successors to the Cascadia Amphibious Array, as 
>> outlined in a 2015 report 
>> (https://www.iris.edu/hq/files/workshops/2014/10/amphibious_array_facility/docs/AAFW_Report_FINAL.pdf). 
>> Much of that report emphasized the seismogenic megathrust and 
>> volatile cycling through the subduction factory as the two major 
>> science targets that require broad, shoreline-crossing observations 
>> in subduction zones. Both targets could be optimally addressed by 
>> studies of the Alaska margin. The DCL specifically invites community 
>> experiment proposals to be submitted to the July 15, 2016 GeoPRISMS 
>> deadline.
>>
>> This webinar discusses some of the scientific opportunities for such 
>> a shoreline-crossing deployment of seismometers across the Alaska 
>> Margin, and opportunities for complementary magnetotelluric, 
>> geodetic, and other geophysical observations. It focuses on 
>> opportunities in the regions off the Alaska Peninsula and 
>> south-central Alaska, where the on-land Transportable Array exists, 
>> extending onshore and offshore.
>>
>> The presenters will also discuss ways community members could become 
>> involved in a community proposal for such a deployment, along the 
>> lines described by the DCL. A web page 
>> (http://geoprisms.org/research/community-projects/alaska/) has been 
>> set up to engage community members and communicate strategies, 
>> including a mechanism for qualified PI’s to volunteer to join the PI 
>> team.
>>
>> This is an exciting opportunity to collect what should be one of the 
>> seminal data sets from an active subduction zone.
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> -- 
> Kasey Aderhold
> Project Associate | IRIS OBSIP Management Office
> 202-682-2220 x163 |kasey at iris.edu
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Kasey Aderhold
Project Associate | IRIS OBSIP Management Office
202-682-2220 x163 | kasey at iris.edu

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