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2013 – 2018 UNAVCO Community Project Report Geodesy Advancing Geosciences and Earthscope: GAGE Quarterly Report 2013 – 2018 UNAVCO Community Project Report Geodesy Advancing Geosciences and EarthScope: GAGE Quarterly Report Y3Q4: 01 July 2016 – 30 September 2016 EAR – 1261833 9 November 2016 Submitted by Principal Investigators: M. Meghan Miller, President Glen S. Mattioli, Geodetic Infrastructure Program Director Charles M. Meertens, Geodetic Data Services Program Director Donna J. Charlevoix, Education & Community Engagement Program Director Report coordination: David A. Phillips, Data Products Project Manager Geodesy Advancing Geosciences and EarthScope: GAGE Quarterly Project Report Y3Q4: 01 July 2016 – 30 September 2016 0. Introduction In this report, we present the program activities and broader impact for the fourth quarter of the third project year (Y3Q4) for Geodesy Advancing Geosciences and EarthScope: the GAGE Facility, under NSF ​ ​ Award EAR1261833 to UNAVCO. The report includes four sections: (1) UNAVCO Community, ​ Governance and Management, (2) Geodetic Infrastructure Program, (3) Geodetic Data Services Program, (4) Education and Community Engagement Program, and three Attachments: UNAVCO Proposal Log, Budget and Variance Reporting, and Project Concerns. Each section is accompanied by performance metrics that chart the contributions and progress of the GAGE Facility. Throughout this report, we differentiate the work of the UNAVCO GAGE Facility and its activities from those of the UNAVCO university consortium, which is a community of scientists with associated university membership, governance, and oversight of the nonprofit corporation UNAVCO, Inc. and its management. 1. Community, Governance & Management 1.1 THE UNAVCO CONSORTIUM AND COMMUNITY UNAVCO, a non-profit, university governed consortium, facilitates geoscience research and education ​ ​ using geodesy. The consortium membership includes 111 U.S. academic Members, nearly all of which are degree granting institutions that participate in UNAVCO governance and science community. Another ​ 103 Associate Members include organizations that share UNAVCO’s purpose at home and abroad, giving it global reach in advancing geodesy. During the Y3Q4, one new Associate Member finalized their membership: ● Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources Two Geodetic Science Snapshots were published featuring results from community work including: ● Probabilities of Large Earthquakes in Alaska (University of Hawaii, Manoa and Portland State University) ● Testing Earthquake Early Warning Using Geodetic Data in the Pacific Northwest (University of Washington, U.S. Geological Survey, Central Washington University) Highlight Summer 2016 Interns Wrap-up UNAVCO hosted 19 interns this summer through three summer internships, each with a different focus. Eight interns from around the country conducted geoscience research in Boulder through Research ​ Experiences in Solid Earth Science for Students (RESESS). RESESS is an eleven-week summer research ​ internship program dedicated to increasing the diversity of students entering the geosciences, for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Four Colorado community college students participated in Geo-Launchpad (GLP). GLP is an eight-week summer research-ready internship program dedicated to ​ ​ increasing the diversity of students entering the geosciences, and is focused on community college students from Colorado. Seven graduate and undergraduate students worked in the UNAVCO Student Internship ​ 1 Program (USIP). USIP internships are 8-10 week work experiences related to the student's major or career ​ goal, and are open to undergraduate, graduate, or recently graduated students. Over 180 student interns and assistants have participated in UNAVCO programs since the late 1990s. Interns participated in professional development programs including a writing workshop, communications seminar, Career Circle (brown bag lunches with geoscience professionals from different sectors), skills seminar (introduction to various software and computer programs), and science communication (through the UNAVCO Portal to the Public Network (PoPNet) program). Interns learned about local geology, ​ geosciences, and graduate school life through local field trips to Rocky Mountain National Park and the University of Colorado Mountain Research Station. All interns presented their summer work. A research colloquium at UNAVCO featured the research of RESESS interns. All presentations are available online. RESESS and Geo-Launchpad interns presented ​ ​ scientific posters of their work at the UCAR Center Green campus along with over 50 other interns from partner programs (SOARS (UCAR), NEON (NEON), RECCS (CIRES), and PRECIP (UCAR)). USIP interns ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ presented their summer work at an informal closing celebration for UNAVCO staff at the UNAVCO Boulder facility. Projects included video production, field education and classroom curriculum development, and earthquake and tsunami early warning system evaluation. Figure 1-1. 2016 UNAVCO interns with the Geo-Launchpad, RESESS, and USIP programs participated in ​ an all-day, geology-focused field trip to Rocky Mountain National Park. The field trip was guided by Blake Russo-Nixon, an environmental geoscience volunteer. (Photo: UNAVCO) 1.2 UNAVCO GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT UNAVCO Governance and Management activities for Y3Q4 included weekly teleconference board meetings. Staff members represented UNAVCO at meetings and workshops as detailed below, including some PI foreign travel. 1.2.1 Governance Activities During Y3Q4 the board met weekly by teleconference, with a focus on development of a follow-on proposal for the NGEO solicitation. Two board members, Adrian Borsa and David Sandwell, resigned due to 2 organizational conflicts of interest. Sandwell was replaced by appointment of John LaBrecque, as provided for in the UNAVCO By-Laws. The second vacancy will remain until the December election. 1.2.2 Management Activities During Y3Q4, one staff member left the organization; Software Engineer, Stuart Wier, retired after a fruitful career at UNAVCO. Charlie Sievers, a former Software Engineer, was recruited to return. 1.2.3 UNAVCO Staff Representation at Meetings and Workshops, PI Foreign Travel UNAVCO staff represented community interests and presented facility contributions at a number of meetings and workshops. UNAVCO governance and some informational meetings are also included here. ● Marshall Test Facility Annual User Group Meeting, UCAR, Boulder, July 6. Attended by F. Blume. ● EarthCube 2016 All Hands Meeting, Denver, Co., July 6th-8th 2016. Attended by D. Ertz, C. ​ Crosby, L. R. Rowan, C. Meertens. ● Earth Educators Rendezvous, Madison, WI, July 18-22, 2016. Attended by D. Charlevoix. ● National Science Teacher Association 5th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, Denver, Colorado, July 27-29, 2016. Attended by S. Olds. ● AOGS (Asia Oceania Geosciences Society) Annual Meeting, Beijing, China, 31 July - 5 August, 2016. Attended by D.A. Phillips. ● InSAR Processing and Theory with GMTSAR: Sentinel-1A Time Series short course, Aug. 10-12, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA. Attended by S. Baker. ● NABG, New Orleans, September 7-11, 2016, Attended by A. Morris. ● International Data Week includes World Data System Members Forum, CODATA General Assembly, SciDataCon, International Data Forum and Research Data Alliance 8th Plenary Meeting, ​ September, 11-17 2016, Denver CO. Attended by S. Baker, F. Boler and L. Rowan. ​ ● Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) meeting at the Institute of Navigation (ION) GNSS+ 2016 Conference, Portland, Oregon, 12-13 September, 2016. Attended by K. Austin and D.A. Phillips. ● SCEC Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, September 11-14, 2016. Attended by B. Bartel, G. Mattioli, M. M. Miller, C. Walls. M. M. Miller also participated in the SCEC Advisory Council prior to the meeting. ● WEGENER 18th General Assembly, Azores, Portugal. 12-15 2016. Attended by C. Meertens. ● REU GEO PI Workshop, Boulder, CO, September 22-23, 2016, Attended by A. Morris. ● IRIS EPOSC Meeting, Washington, D.C., September 22-23, 2016, Attended by D. Charlevoix. ● Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, September 25-28, 2016. Attended by B. Bartel, D. Charlevoix, C. Crosby, M.B. Gross, G. Mattioli, A. Morris, M. Okal, B. Pratt-Sitaula, K. ​ Russo-Nixon, C. Meertens and L. Rowan. ● Association of Earth Science Editors, 50th Annual Meeting, Boulder CO, September 29-30, 2016, L. ​ Rowan. ● The Subduction Zone Observatory (SZO) Workshop, Boise, Idaho, September 28 - October 1, 2016. Attended by M.M. Miller, G. Mattioli and D. Charlevoix. D. Charlevoix delivered an invited Plenary lecture; M. Miller presented a poster. 3 1.2.4 Publications, Abstracts, and Other Products Created by UNAVCO Staff Abstracts and Presentations: ● Austin, K.A. S. Dittman, K. Feaux, G. Mattioli, and C. Walls (2016), The Future of Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) Geodetic Resource From Now to 2028, oral presentation at the 56th Meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) at the Institute of Navigation (ION) GNSS+ 2016 Conference, in the Surveying, Mapping, and Geosciences Subcommittee session, Portland, Oregon. ● Baker, S., Seamless SAR Archive and UNAVCO InSAR Product Archive, presented at InSAR Theory & Processing with ISCE, GIAnT, and StaMPS, Aug. 1-5, 2016, UNAVCO, Boulder, Colorado. ● Baker, S., Seamless SAR Archive and UNAVCO InSAR Product Archive, presented at InSAR Processing and Theory with GMTSAR: Sentinel-1A Time Series, Aug. 10-12, 2016, Scripps Institute
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