Receiver Reference Models: A Prototype for automated production of EarthScope/USArray data products
The EarthScope Facility will produce a volume of raw data that is unprecedented in the
Geosciences. Transformation of that raw data into useable forms ("products") that are of interest
to various communities, ranging from research scientists to K-16 teachers, in a consistent, timely,
fashion is a major challenge. Integration of these products across the spectrum of subdisciplines
contributing to the EarthScope effort as well as integration with the existing observational data is
an equally daunting challenge. This project, which we have termed
EARS (the EarthScope Automated Receiver Survey),
creates a prototype of a system
that could be used to address several key elements of the production of EarthScope products.
Elements of EARS includes:
1. An automated processing framework for USArray data that is continuously transmitted to
the IRIS Data Management Center (DMC) as well as the mining of the existing DMC
archive.
2. A hierarchical internet-based product delivery system that to make USArray products
available to users with interests and experiences ranging from research scientists to K-12
students and teachers.