Standing Committee Meeting Report Global Seismographic Network
March 2017
SPRING 2017 GSN STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING
February 21 & 22, 2017, & March 6, 2017 (Virtual)
ACTION ITEMS
- Action Item (Hafner): Produce a table of all acronyms for the types of sensors
- Action Item (Park): Respond with a statement of interest for the BoD for CCArray, and points of intersection with the GSN
- Action Item (Irving, Park, and Wilson): Form ideas and organization of what to do with the WWSSN film chip records
- Action Item: Schedule a call for GSNSC endorsement of the procurement plan for the remaining $600k in DOE funds (USGS needs to start submitting paperwork by March 13 (to have everything obligated by the end of March)
- Action Item (Park): Working Groups: GSN in the Oceans, to be convened after BoD approval and Review of GSN Design Goals, to be formed after discussion during Fall SC meeting
- Action Item (Park): GSN SC response to the GSN External Review, to be shared for review with SC before the next conference call
MEETING SUMMARY
- The GSNSC endorsed efforts to relocated II.KWAJ to another island on the Kwajalein Atoll.
- Network Operators were to continue testing the new VBB sensors, and make a recommendation for the remaining sensor procurement on March 6, 2017
- The GSNSC endorsed replacing the vault sensor with a borehole sensor at some of the GSN stations (where appropriate)
- The GSNSC approved the NSF SAGE YR5 GSN budget
- IDA, ASL and the GSN PM presented updated activity reports
- The GSNSC reviewed the CCArray Concept as requested by the IRIS BoD, and will draft a document expressing their interest or concerns
- The Sensor Procurement Plan for the remaining ~$600K of DOE funds was presented and endorsed by the GSNSC on March 6, 2017