EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM

INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES INCLUDE BOTH THE MAINTENANCE OF CONTINUOUS NETWORKS AND POOLS OF INSTRUMENTS FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIMENTS. THE GLOBAL SEISMOGRAPHIC NETWORK (GSN) IS A 152 STATION, GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED, STATE-OF-THE-ART DIGITAL SEISMIC NETWORK THAT PROVIDES FREE, REALTIME, OPEN ACCESS TO DATA. THE EARTHSCOPE PRIMARY INSTRUMENT CENTER SUPPORTS CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH INTO EARTH'S FUNDAMENTAL GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE AND PROCESSES. THE FACILITY PROVIDES INSTRUMENTATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. THE NETWORK OF THE AMERICAS (NOTA) IS AN INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICS SENSOR NETWORK SPANNING MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES AND COMPOSED OF MORE THAN 1,200 CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING HIGH-PRECISION AND MULTI-CONSTELLATION GNSS STATIONS AND BOREHOLE STRAIN, SEISMIC, AND TILT INSTRUMENTS. EARTHSCOPE POLAR SERVICES INSTALLS, MAINTAINS, AND OPERATES SEVERAL INSTRUMENTATION NETWORKS AND EXPERIMENTS IN ANTARCTICA, GREENLAND, AND THE ARCTIC.

DATA SERVICES INGESTS, CURATES AND DISTRIBUTES GEOPHYSICAL DATA TO THE GLOBAL EARTH SCIENCE COMMUNITY. THIS INCLUDES GROUND MOTION, ATMOSPHERIC, INFRASONIC, MAGNETOTELLURIC, STRAIN, HYDROLOGICAL AND HYDROACOUSTIC DATA. EARTHSCOPE PROMOTES RESEARCH BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO DATA THAT THE COMMUNITY OF GEODETIC SCIENTISTS USES FOR QUANTIFYING THE MOTIONS OF ROCK, ICE AND WATER THAT ARE MONITORED BY A VARIETY OF SENSOR TYPES AT OR NEAR THE EARTH'S SURFACE. EARTHSCOPE MAINTAINS AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING RESOURCES AND CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS. EARTHSCOPE DEVELOPS, CURATES, AND DISTRIBUTES SOFTWARE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.