New EC-project at ORFEUS: EMICES
EMICES consortium and
Torild van Eck1
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1 ORFEUS, c/o Seismology Division,
Royal Netherlands Meteorologcal Institute (KNMI), P.O.Box 201, 3730 AE De Bilt,
The Netherlands.
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Introduction
EMICES an acronym for European-Mediterranean Infrastructure
Co-ordination for Earthquake Seismology, is a 2-year project to
organise three European workshops and is sponsored by the EC programme
for Accompanying Measures. EMICES is an integral part of the
MEREDIAN initiative. With
the EMICES project we intend to co-ordinate developments within the
MEREDIAN consortium with related developments elsewhere. For pragmatic
reasons related to legal aspects, the KNMI is the co-ordinator and
not ORFEUS, however, the co-ordinator is also SG of ORFEUS.
The three EMICES workshops
Real time data exchange within Europe
Venue: Barcelona
Preliminary date: October 2002
Local organiser: Institut d'Estudis Catalans; Josep Vila
Co-organiser: ORFEUS; Torild van Eck
The objective of this workshop is to co-ordinate the different
developments and initiatives for real-time (or 'life') earthquake
data exchange within Europe. Further, we hope to establish a consensus
on the further joint developments on a European scale. This workshop
will probably be organised in conjunction with the second annual
MEREDIAN meeting.
Distributed, Object-Oriented Computing for Seismology
Venue: Athens
Preliminary date: spring 2003
Local organiser: Department of Geophysics of Athens University;
Nicholas Voulgaris
Co-organiser: ORFEUS; Torild van Eck
The objective is to co-ordinate different initiatives for Internet
software developments aiming at facilitating earthquake data exchange
and earthquake information distribution. Special attention will go to
relevant Object Oriented (OO) software developments. This workshop
will be co-ordinated through ORFEUS WG4 with similar developments
initiated by the IRIS-DMC. Anthony Lomax has been asked to prepare an
electronic lecture series that can be obtained through the web. Its
intention is to teach prospective participants essential parts of OO
software as applied in seismological applications. This has been done
as the workshop is primarily meant for people who have already
experience with OO software.
Seismic hazard and data exchange within the Mediterranean area
Venue: Nicosia
Preliminary date: Autumn 2003
Organiser: EMSC; Florence Rivière
Local organiser: Geological Survey of Cyprus; Soteris Kramvis
The objective is to set up an improved (rapid) data exchange
infrastructure for earthquake data over the European-Mediterranean
region. The aim of this infrastructure is to determine rapidly, more
accurate locations and magnitudes/moment-tensor estimates for
earthquakes in this region. Improving exchange of relevant seismic
hazard data and disaster preparedness related issues will also be
important issues. This workshop will be co-ordinated with the on-going
RELEMR initiative of the USGS. Therefore both the USGS and UNESCO will
participate in the organisation.
Participation
The intention is to keep the workshop relatively small in order to
optimize the interaction between the participants. We encourage those
interested in actively participating to contact the respective
organisers with suggestions and intention of participation. The
workshops will be announces on both the ORFEUS and EMSC web pages
when more exact dates are available.
Project specifics
EC-PROPOSAL: EVR1-2001-00030
CONTRACT: EVR1-xx-xxxx-xxxxx
PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) / Seismological Division: Torild van Eck
EMICES CONSORTIUM (and contacts):
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute,
Seismological Division, De Bilt, Netherlands:
( Femke Goutbeek )
- European Mediterranean
Seismological Centre (EMSC), Bruyères-le-Châtel,
France: ( Florence Rivière )
- Istitut d'Etudis Catalans,
Laboratoire d'Estudis Geofisics
'Eduard Fontserè', Barcelona, Spain:
( Josep Vila )
- National and Capodistrian University of Athens, Department of
Geophysics, Athens, Greece:
( Nicholas Voulgaris )
- Geological Survey Department, Ministery of Agriculture, National
Resources and Environment, Nicosia, Cyprus:
( George Petrides )
PROJECT START: Spring 2002
PROJECT DURATION: 2 years
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