Grants and Contracts Details
Description
This proposal addresses routine operation and maintenance of the University of Kentucky
component of the Mid-America Integrated Seismic Network (MAISN), a cooperative effort
between the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) at the University of
Memphis, Saint. Louis University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, the University of South Carolina
at Columbia, Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) at the University of Kentucky, and the U.S.
Geological Survey. Significant portions of the proposal are identical between cooperating
institutions; local specifics are discussed in the Project Plan. The proposal outlines progress toward
integrating the participants and plans for moving toward operation as a single ANSS Region and
for compliance with developing standards and procedures. CERI acts as the regional processing
center, providing centralized functionality where duplication is inefficient. Each institution
provides core operations and maintenance as well as locally specific tasks and expertise where
appropriate. The purposes of the MAISN are twofold:
1. Provide scientists, engineers, public and private entities, emergency responders, and the media
with rapid and reliable information about felt and damaging earthquakes within a timeframe
that maximizes the utility of the information.
2. Provide high-quality data in a timely manner to the scientific and engineering communities for
the purpose of improving:
a) seismic hazard estimation for urban population centers and the lifelines and critical
facilities upon which they depend
b) estimation and measurement of strong ground motions
c) our understanding of the basic earthquake process and seismotectonics of earthquake
zones, particularly in intraplate regions.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 1/1/04 → 1/31/07 |
Funding
- US Geological Survey: $107,921.00
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