Processing and Analysis of GeoEarthscope and Other Community LiDAR Topography Datasets

April 30 - May 1, 2008

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Christopher Crosby – San Diego Supercomputer Center

J Ramon Arrowsmith – Arizona State

David A. Phillips - UNAVCO

EarthScope

• Funded by NSF and conducted in partnership with the USGS and NASA

• EarthScope Facility– Seismic observatory (USArray)

– The San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) – Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO)

“EarthScope is a bold undertaking to apply modern observational, analytical and telecommunications technologies to investigate the structure and evolution of the North American continent and the physical processes controlling earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.”

• Includes acquisition of aerial and satellite

imagery and geochronology.

• Part of the EarthScope Facility project

funded by NSF (MREFC).

• Managed at UNAVCO.

• Assist with EarthScope instrument siting.

• Examine strain field at different

temporal/spatial scales than geodetic &

seismic instrumentation.

• Data will be freely available.

GeoEarthScope

UNAVCO

• UNAVCO is a membership-governed

consortium that supports and

promotes Earth science by advancing

high-precision techniques for the

measurement and understanding of

deformation

• UNAVCO is funded by NSF and NASA

• UNAVCO Facility supports PI projects

• UNAVCO is constructing the

EarthScope PBO

• UNAVCO manages GeoEarthScope

• UNAVCO hosts WInSAR

• UNAVCO is based in Boulder, CO, with

five regional offices to construct PBO

LiDAR and UNAVCO

• UNAVCO manages Airborne LiDAR (ALSM) acquisition projects for GeoEarthScope

• UNAVCO Facility provides GPS equipment and engineering support for Airborne LiDAR (ALSM) projects

• UNAVCO Facility acquiring pool of Tripod LiDAR (TLS) scanning instruments to support community projects