INCORPORATED RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS FOR SEISMOLOGY
This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). In this project funded by the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, the PI?s will develop a new, international (8-nation), broadband seismic capability for Greenland - the GreenLand Ice Sheet monitoring Network (GLISN) - a real-time sensor array of 25 stations which enhances and upgrades the performance of the scarce existing Greenland seismic infrastructure for detecting, locating, and characterizing glacial earthquakes and other cryo-seismic phenomena, and contributing to our understanding of Ice Sheet dynamics. Complementing data from satellites, geodesy, and other sources, in concert with these technologies GLISN provides a powerful tool for seeing change, and will advance new frontiers of research in the glacial systems, the underlying geological and geophysical processes affecting the Greenland Ice Sheet, interactions between oceans, climate, and the cryosphere, and other multidisciplinary areas of interest to geoscience and climate dynamics. The development of the telemetry infrastructure linking the sites together into a coherent framework creates the temporal resolving capability and potential for rapid scientific response.
GLISN is an international collaboration on a problem of global importance. Participating countries include the USA, Denmark, Canada, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, and Japan. GLISN creates a new large, freely and openly available, real-time data set to enhance existing monitoring efforts and catalyze new interdisciplinary scientific research and education while establishing a fiducial reference framework for facilitating regionalized studies of Greenland glacial systems. GLISN data will advance understanding of the solid Earth and cryo-seismic source mechanisms from a region of important societal relevance.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
0922983 |
Funding Agency |
National Science Foundation |
| Total Award Amount |
$1,992,785 |
Project Location - City |
Washington |
| Award Date |
08/06/2009 |
Project Location - State |
DC |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
20005-6142
|
| Jobs Reported |
1.69 |
Congressional District |
01 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
|
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
|
Recipient Name
|
INCORPORATED RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS FOR SEISMOLOGY |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
183277938
|
| Recipient Address |
1200 NEW YORK AVE NW STE 800 |
| Recipient City |
WASHINGTON |
| Recipient State |
District of Columbia |
| Recipient Zip |
20005-6142 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
01 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
MRI-Consortium: Development of a Greenland Ice Sheet Monitoring Network |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
No |
| Project Activities Description |
Physical & Earth Sciences |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
Activities for this quarter were dominated by field planning for the summer 2013 field season. This includes the establishment and maintenance of permits and travel authorizations for GLISN sites and field logistics coordination with CH2MHill Polar Services (CPS).
We met in Denmark with GEUS and members of the Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI-Feb 2-7, 2013) to discuss possible contributions from KOPRI to the GLISN project. They would like to become members of GLISN and offered a complete station with promise of long term operations completely funded from Korea (including installations). We accepted and began planning for the siting and installation of the new station (proposed at Upernavik). They promise to openly share the data with IRIS in real time. Korean equipment will be used to offset cost sharing obligations for the MRI.
Telecommunications upgrades are being tested at PASSCAL that will allow Antelope telemetry protocols to be exercised over the Iridium RUDICS link. This will greatly simplify the data handling from the very remote stations and minimize the latency for the real time data.
The project is on schedule and ARRA related activities are expected to be completed as budgeted.
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| Jobs Created |
1.69 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
Senior personnel (Principal Investigator and co-PI), other professionals |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
49-0101 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
08/06/2009 |
| Award Number |
0922983 |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
49 |
| Funding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
49 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Amount of Award |
$1,992,785 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$1,781,648 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$1,789,229 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
U30 - NTEE |
| Activity Description |
Physical & Earth Sciences |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
1 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$539,449 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
6 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$441,097 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
455 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$402,819 |
Sub-award 34-GSN - NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
| Sub-Award Amount |
$539,449 |
| Sub-Award Date |
09/01/2009 |
| Sub-Awards Disbursed |
$436,764.21 |
| Project Location - City |
Socorro |
| Project Location - State |
NM |
| Project Location - Zip Code |
87801-0000 |
| Project Location - Congressional District |
02 |
| Sub-Recipient DUNS Number |
041358904
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| Sub-Recipient Address |
801 LEROY PL |
| Sub-Recipient City |
SOCORRO |
| Sub-Recipient State |
New Mexico |
| Sub-Recipient Zip Code |
87801-4750 |
| Sub-Recipient Congressional District |
02 |
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Centex Batteries LLC - Award Number 0922983 - Centex Batteries LLC
| Award Number |
0922983 |
| Sub-Award Number |
N/A |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
017650410 |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
78602-4037 |
| Vendor Name |
Centex Batteries LLC |
| Product and Service Description |
Sunxtender batteries (112) |
| Payment Amount |
$49,954 |
Guralp Systems Ltd. - Award Number 0922983 - Guralp Systems Ltd.
| Award Number |
0922983 |
| Sub-Award Number |
N/A |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
397621806 |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
|
| Vendor Name |
Guralp Systems Ltd. |
| Product and Service Description |
Sensors (4 CMGT-3T Polar versions) |
| Payment Amount |
$120,117 |
Quanterra - Award Number 0922983 - Quanterra
| Award Number |
0922983 |
| Sub-Award Number |
N/A |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
Not reported |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
91185-3330 |
| Vendor Name |
Quanterra |
| Product and Service Description |
Sensors STS 2.5 (4) |
| Payment Amount |
$75,544 |
Quanterra - Award Number 0922983 - Quanterra
| Award Number |
0922983 |
| Sub-Award Number |
N/A |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
Not reported |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
91185-3330 |
| Vendor Name |
Quanterra |
| Product and Service Description |
PO# 10-00104; Data acquisition systems (13 Q330) |
| Payment Amount |
$117,196 |
Quanterra - Award Number 0922983 - Quanterra
| Award Number |
0922983 |
| Sub-Award Number |
N/A |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
Not reported |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
91185-3330 |
| Vendor Name |
Quanterra |
| Product and Service Description |
PO 10-00104 - B44, USB thumb drives |
| Payment Amount |
$45,402 |
XEOS Technologies - Award Number 0922983 - XEOS Technologies
| Award Number |
0922983 |
| Sub-Award Number |
N/A |
| Vendor DUNS Number |
243578544 |
| Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 |
|
| Vendor Name |
XEOS Technologies |
| Product and Service Description |
Q330 comms interface/Iridium modems-PO # 10-00219 |
| Payment Amount |
$32,884 |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
38º 54' 1",
-77º 1' 42" |
| Congressional District |
01 |
| Address 1 |
1200 New York Avenue, NW |
| Address 2 |
Suite 400 |
| City |
Washington |
| County |
District of Columbia |
| State |
DC |
| Zip |
20005-6142 |
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