Getting to know EarthScope Plate

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1 Getting to know EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory & UNAVCO Shelley Olds, UNAVCO

2 !!"#$%&'$!("($)*&'+'$$!!,&-./,01$!2,&3,/4*5$!6+57+/389.-:,;+/&+'$ About UNAVCO!"#$%$&"&'()*'+(#$',#') -'('"-#.)",/)'/0#"1+,) 0($,*)*'+/'(2$$!<.+/%1+3$18+$!%4,&=3$:+,'+3>$ 7,*&'%/>$<73+/;%1,/>$,&$ Broaden the use of UNAVCO data and products by a wide audience of educational and research users 2

3 UNAVCO Consortium Members

4 Meet the Plate Boundary Observatory Geodesy Advancing Geosciences & EarthScope (GAGE) Continent-scale network! GPS! Borehole strainmeters! Laser strainmeters! LiDAR Focus:! Extended plate boundary Operated by UNAVCO 4

5 EarthScope PBO GPS Network

6 GPS: 1100 Continuous Plate Boundary Observatory Instruments 5 Laser Strainmeters 74 Borehole Strainmeters and 78 Borehole Seismometers 26 Shallow Borehole Tiltmeters 6

7 Plate motions from GPS using a stable North America reference frame

8 Plate motions from another perspective:! world reference frame

9 LiDAR looking below the trees Open Topography:

10 Western US in 3D Courtesy: Parul Morin, National Center for Earthsurface Dynamics Data Repository [retrieved on 08 March 2015]

11 Education & Community Engagement! Training! Technical short courses, educational workshops, evaluation, new delivery methods! Education Materials! Curriculum development (Strain module, GETSI project [NSF-TUES], existing learning materials! Communications! Website, outreach materials, social media, conferences! Workforce Development! RESESS, RESESS Alumni network, Science Workshop mentoring

12 !Tutorials & How to s!lessons!student worksheets!animations!how to download data $ Based on time series inversion algorithms of Lundgren et al. (J. Geophys. Res., 2001) and Berardino et al. (IEEE, 2002). Learning Materials

13 UNAVCO Highlights, and Snapshots reading literacy with science

14 More UNAVCO & PBO Science

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16 Exhibits

17 GPS Spotlights

18 Data for Educators for resources you can %?4;94+3$

19 Use Data Tools 25 mm/yr Data Source: UNAVCO Plate Boundary Observatory: North American Reference Frame UNAVCO GPS Velocity Viewer 19

20 GPS Velocity Viewer Data source: Global Strain Rate Map Project ; Reference Frame: No Net Rotation UNAVCO GPS Velocity Viewer:

21 Comparing Plate Movement GSRM Project GPS Data

22 Jules Verne & EarthScope Voyager Jr. Seismic Hazard Map Velocity Vectors

23 UNAVCO & PBO supported science Plate movement!earthquakes!volcanoes!glacial movements and isostatic adjustment!hydrologic changes!atmospheric water vapor 23

24 Study & Apply! Geodesy & Measuring Gravity Geodesy is the science of! measuring Earth s size, orientation, NASA GRACE And Map showing variations in the strength of the gravitational force over the surface of the Earth Blue = less gravity Red = more gravity 24

25 Anatomy of a High-precision! Permanent GPS Station MB"$%&1+&&%$9&39'+$,)$',5+$ 6,&*5+&1$3,@9'@>$%H%?8+'$9&1,$ 18+$:/,*&'$C918$7/%?+3N$$ 34)&.')*-+0,/)5+6'(7)&.')(&"1+,) 5+6'(N$ ",@%/$.%&+@$),/$.,C+/$ KO*9.5+&1$+&?@,3*/+$$! MB"$/+?+9;+/$! B,C+/P7%H+/9+3$!2,55*&9?%4,&3P$/%'9,P$5,'+5$!Q%1%$31,/%:+P$5+5,/>$ 25

26 Introduction: GPS Basics! Four satellite signals are needed to locate the receiver in 3D space.! The fourth satellite is also used for time accuracy.! Position can be calculated within to a millimeter.!++'3$:/,*&'$?,&1/,@$%&'$ 45+$O*%@91>

27 Demonstration! Pinpoint Location With GPS How to demonstrate this: /watch? feature=player_e mbedded&v=s_c eimjo5pc#!

28 One satellite, the GPS could be anywhere on the edge of the sphere. One way to find your location! 4 intersecting spheres 3 satellites: spheres intersect in 2 places. Two satellites, GPS could be on the circle where spheres intersect. 4 satellites, spheres intersect in one place.

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30 Websites shown during demonstration Learn more about how GPS works and the science learned through research GPS Spotlight: PBO H2O:

31 Websites shown during demonstration See the ground and forests with LiDAR Many places to get LiDAR! Open Topography: New York: Maine: Vermont: New Hampshire:

32 About GRACE

33 Measuring the Plates Move UNAVCO Plate Boundary Observatory Data