IRIS Consortium

IRIS Consortium

IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) is a university research consortium dedicated to exploring the Earth's interior through the collection and distribution of seismographic data. IRIS programs contribute to scholarly research, education, earthquake hazard mitigation, and the verification of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Support for IRIS comes from the National Science Foundation, other federal agencies, universities, and private foundations. IRIS supports four major components, the Data Management System, the Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL), the Global Seismographic Network, and the Education and Outreach Program. IRIS maintains a Corporate Office in Washington, DC.

ee also

*Seismology
*Earthquake
*Geophysics
*Plate tectonics
*Reflection seismology
*Seismometer
*Volcanology

References

* Smith, S., IRIS - A University Consortium for Seismology, Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics, Vol. 25, p.1203, 1986.
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* Aster, R., Beaudoin, B., Hole, J., Fouch, M., Fowler, J., James, D., and the PASSCAL Staff and Standing Committee, IRIS PASSCAL program marks 20 years of scientific discovery, EOS trans. AGU, 86, 26 April 2005.
* Butler, R., Lay T., Creager, K., Earle, P., Fischer, K., Geherty, J., Laske, G., Leith, B., Park, J., Ritzwoller, M, Tromp, J., Wen, L., The Global Seismographic Network Surpasses Its Design Goal, EOS Trans. AGU., 85 (23) 225-232, 2004.

External links

* [http://www.iris.edu Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)]
* [http://www.iris.edu/about/GSN/ Global Seismographic Network (GSN)]
* [http://www.iris.edu/about/PASSCAL/ Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL)]
* [http://www.passcal.nmt.edu IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center at New Mexico Tech]
* [http://www.iris.edu/about/DMC/dms.htm IRIS Data Management System]
* [http://www.iris.edu/about/ENO/ IRIS Education & Outreach]
* [http://www.iris.edu/seismon/ IRIS Seismic Monitor]
* [http://www.iris.edu/manuals/ IRIS Seismology Software and Manuals]
* [http://www.earthscope.org EarthScope]
* [http://www.iris.edu/seismo/ SeismoArchives] - Seismogram Archives of Significant Earthquakes of the World


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