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Organizational announcements and stories about our work and the science we support.

Organizational News Nov 27, 2023

Cloud data operations: an update on our progress

As the new cloud architecture for our data systems is taking shape, it’s time to start sharing information about the new capabilities that will become available.

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Organizational News Jun 9, 2023

Many Hands Make Light Work at Distributed Acoustic Sensing Field Experience

The hands-on Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) Field Experience was held at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado, gathering participants for intensive work exploring this exciting technology and the observations it enables.

all seven GNSS-IR short course instructors

Organizational News May 8, 2023

2023 GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry Short Course Concludes

The 2023 GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry Short Course, co-sponsored by EarthScope Consortium and the the Collaborative Research Center 1502 DETECT, University of Bonn, was held last week. GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry (GNSS-IR) uses data from GNSS sites to measure changing conditions such as snow depth, soil moisture, and water levels around a GNSS antenna.

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Organizational News Apr 20, 2023

New engineering effort looks to develop a common sensor platform

For EarthScope Consortium’s instrumentation staff, the merger of IRIS and UNAVCO isn’t just about the people. The instruments themselves now have more opportunities to team up, too.

man lifts battery into GPS station enclosure

Organizational News Jan 27, 2023

Piloting fees for commercial use of positioning and correction data

We believe there is an opportunity to further our science support mission and to ensure we can better meet the needs of commercial users by piloting the implementation of fees for commercial use of real-time data.