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Advancing the Geosciences through Community Support and Leadership

2016 – 2020

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UNAVCO, a non-profit university-governed consortium, facilitates geoscience1 research and education using geodesy.2

1 The study of solid Earth, its fluid envelopes of ice, water and atmosphere, and the interactions among them.

2 The measure of the form and dimension of Earth, its gravity field, its placement in space, and how these measures change with time.

UNAVCO STAKEHOLDERS

Over the last three decades, the modernization of geodesy has led to a renaissance across the geosciences. Our ability to determine

temporal changes in the size and shape of Earth with millimeter precision in a global reference frame drives this renaissance.

Further, these measurements complement precise repeat determination of the global gravity field, tracking the redistribution of

mass within all components of the geosphere across months, seasons, and decades.

Opportunity abounds, with technological innovation and the global proliferation of ground-based measurements and satellite

observations, improved data discovery, access and interaction through web services and cyberinfrastructure, and broad impact that

ranges from civic applications of geodesy to informal and formal science education initiatives. Such opportunity has stretched

UNAVCO’s reach far beyond its core solid Earth science stakeholders.

UNAVCO is an international science community that leads these science achievements, as well as an academic consortium that

operates NSF’s National Earth Science Geodetic Facility. UNAVCO serves as a model for geodesy community collaboration, diverse

applications of geodesy to geosciences, and open data archiving.

This plan provides our high-level road map to support community-driven initiatives that advance geodesy investigations across a

growing spectrum of science disciplines. As a community, we must set priority among these opportunities and measure our progress.

The strategic plan provides a foundation for action, to be undertaken by the investigator community, through UNAVCO governance,

and by facility staff.

I close with my thanks to the extraordinary community of UNAVCO scientists. Through this plan, we intend to advance our shared

mission and vision, and to continue to meet opportunity through excellence in the support of both legacy and emerging science

and education initiatives.

M. Meghan Miller, President

National Science Foundation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

C O R E S P O N S O R S

Strategic Planning Committee > > > > > 04

UNAVCO Community Vision > > > > > 05

Core Values > > > > > > > > 06

Strategies and Actions > > > > > > 07

Strategy 1 > > > > > > > > 08Scientific Support of Community

Strategy 2 > > > > > > > > 10Technological Innovation and Scientific Diversity

Strategy 3 > > > > > > > > 12Engagement of Community

Strategy 4 > > > > > > > > 14Building Human Resources and the Next Generation of Scientists

Strategy 5 > > > > > > > > 16Administrative and Organizational Excellence

Critical Success Factors and Metrics > > > > 18

UNAVCO Members > > > > > > > 20

UNAVCO Associate Members > > > > > 22

Toolbox and Board and Officers > > > > > 24

2015

Rick Anthes

John Braun

Donna Charlevoix

Stephen Ettinger

Eric Fielding

Nancy Glenn

Francisco Gomez

Jeff Freymueller

Peter La Femina

Josh Roering

Tony Lowry

Jaime Magliocca

Glen Mattioli

Chuck Meertens

Meghan Miller

Linda Rowan

Jeff Ryan

David Sandwell

Roy Savoian

Clark Wilson

Zhong Lu

UCAR President Emeritus; Board Member

UCAR, COCONet Working Group

Director, Education & Community Engagement, UNAVCO

Director, Business Affairs, UNAVCO

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Board Member

Boise State University; Terrestrial Imaging Geodesy Working Group

Missouri University & Facility Advisory Committee

University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Board Member

Pennsylvania State University; Board Chair

University of Oregon; Board Member

Utah State University, GIAC

Executive Assistant, UNAVCO

Director, Geodetic Infrastructure, UNAVCO

Director, Geodetic Data Services, UNAVCO

President, UNAVCO

Director, External Affairs, UNAVCO

University of South Florida, ECEAC

Scripps Institute of Oceanography & Board Member

Consultant

University of Texas, Austin; UNAVCO Treasurer

WInSAR Executive Committee

STRATEGIC PLAN COMMITTEE

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UNAVCO COMMUNITY VISION

Transforming understanding of Earth systems and hazards using geodesy

This vision is realized through global leadership

and facility best practices that integrate innovative geodetic

technologies and open observations for geoscience research and education,

and for the improvement of the human condition.

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UNAVCO’s core values are built upon the foundation of scientific and professional

integrity. In order to accomplish our mission of research and education, as a

community and science support organization, we value:

� Advancement of community science goals and their relevance to society

� Excellence, innovation, and cooperation in science, technology, education, and service

� Open access to data products and scientific exchange

� Data preservation and stewardship for future science and society

� Transparent community governance

� Cultivation of diverse scientific, educational, and social perspectives

� Efficient and effective use of resources

� Strong service ethic and “can do” attitude

UNAVCO CORE VALUES


Strategies and ActionsBased on its core values, UNAVCO will pursue five strategies to deliver on its vision and mission. These general strategies

provide a roadmap to guide UNAVCO and are associated with specific future directions for each strategy that form the basis

for our annual program plans. These actions provide metrics by which the success of UNAVCO will be measured.

Scientific Support of CommunitySupport the geosciences research community through acquisition and sharing of equipment

and provision of engineering and data services to meet new science opportunities

Technological Innovation and Scientific DiversitySupport and broaden innovative applications of current and emerging geodetic technologies

for science, education, and societal benefit across geoscience disciplines

Engagement of CommunityBuild the base of science stakeholders, showcase emerging capabilities and opportunities,

and involve community members in communicating scientific and broad impacts of geodesy

Building Human Resources and the Next Generation of ScientistsSupport the education and outreach needs of the community and broaden the participation

of underrepresented groups in the geosciences

Administrative and Organizational ExcellenceDiligently improve UNAVCO leadership and administration in support of effective and

transparent management and governance, diversify the geodesy resource base, and optimize

operational efficiency

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1S T R AT E G Y

Support the geosciences research community through acquisition and sharing of equipment and provision of engineering and data services

to meet new science opportunities

Scientific Support of Community


of the National Science Foundation since 1984, first at the University of Colorado CIRES, then

UCAR, and since 2003 as UNAVCO Inc. UNAVCO maintains data and metadata and provides

instrumentation and engineering support for academic Principal Investigator projects using the

Global Positioning System. The EarthScope Program, and the NSF Major Research Equipment

and Facilities Construction award provided funding to construct the Plate Boundary Observa-

tory, greatly expanded and diversified UNAVCO capabilities, including the installation of 1100

continuous GPS, 78 borehole geophysical sensors, 25 short-baseline electronic tiltmeters, and

6 long-baseline laser strainmeters. UNAVCO is also home to WInSAR, a geodesy community

that uses satellite radar interferometry. UNAVCO has further extended its geodetic toolbox with

terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) instruments and is now working with community PIs to use

other geodetic imaging tools like ground-based interferometric radar (GBIR) systems and other

emerging technologies.

UNAVCO builds and maintains cGPS networks around the globe, in Greenland (GNET), Antarctica

(ANET), Africa (AfricaArray), the Caribbean (COCONet) and Mexico (TLALOCNet). UNAVCO

operated networks are known as the global “gold standard” for data uptime, quality, metadata

and data management. UNAVCO sets the standard for field engineering support, training,

development and testing of GPS, power, and communication systems, GPS monument design,

and fair and unbiased geodetic instrument testing. UNAVCO is the leader in developing and

maintaining software tools to translate and quality-check GPS data and simple and intuitive

interfaces to query and access the vast holdings of geodetic data acquired since its inception.

UNAVCO has operated the geodetic facility Future Directions

� Sustain and renew investigator support capabilities

� Pursue international and global applications that build on the Plate Boundary Observatory and EarthScope capabilities

� Use organizational and community stature to drive vendor solutions for network and instrument innovation and modernization

� Modernize data services and products

� Promote geodesy and community science among stakeholders

� Proactively identify, implement and communicate new efficiencies in information technology; develop synergies in collaboration with national and international partners

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2S T R AT E G Y

Support and broaden innovative applications of current and emerging geodetic technologies for science, education, and

societal benefit across geoscience disciplines

Technological Innovation and Scientific Diversity


innovative applications of current and emerging technologies for science, education, and societal

benefit across an ever-widening range of geoscience disciplines. A growing number of observations

of large- and small-scale loading associated with seasonal and long term variations in aquifers is

becoming available through GPS, InSAR and GRACE to characterize water resources. Augmenting

traditional geodetic methods for detecting transient episodes of ground deformation on volcanoes

demonstrates how variations in GPS signal strength alone can detect ash-laden volcanic plumes.

Land use characteristics and change: GPS signal-to-noise ratios are useful for constraining soil

moisture, snow depth, and biomass. Increasingly rich SAR imagery catalogues also now allow

characterization of vegetation structure over large regions, including areas where ongoing logging

is rapidly changing the landscape and where regrowth is detectable with InSAR.

The growing geodetic toolbox also facilitates the broadening of geoscience applications of geodesy

within and beyond the solid earth. These tools provide complementary deformation signals to

those measured with GNSS, as well as complementary spatial coverage.

UNAVCO is a leader in efforts to support and broaden Future Directions

� Establish and sustain international partnerships for geodetic research, data management and sharing, and capacity building

� Strengthen relationships with scientific and technical communities within and beyond solid earth science—including atmospheric science and hydrology; next generation InSAR-cGPS integration, strainmeter, close range geodetic imaging, and seafloor geodesy

� Support community planning for GNSS technolo-gies and InSAR, to provide full integration of three-dimensional displacement vectors and spatially dense line-of-sight SAR observations

� Drive technical innovations, equipment specifi-cations, and provide cost efficiencies for the geodesy community through UNAVCO-negotiatedvendor agreements

� Support national efforts to evaluate deleterious impact of radio interference from encroaching broadband microwave systems

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3S T R AT E G Y

Build the base of science stakeholders, showcase emerging capabilities and opportunities, and involve community members in communicating

scientific and broad impacts of geodesy

Engagement of Community


The UNAVCO consortium is large and diverse including full and associate member institutions and broad international community. The UNAVCO geodesy community expands beyond solid earth, including members of the broader geosciences community.Through strategic partnerships and collaboration, UNAVCO provides leadership to thecommunity in national and international geodesy initiatives. As an established globalleader in advancing geodesy and geodetic tools, UNAVCO has supported communityactivities including GPS installation in Cuba, field data response to the 2015 Nepal earthquake and subsequent assistance to the humanitarian aid effort, and participationin the UN International Committee on GNSS (ICG).

UNAVCO facilitates community-led technical training and short courses using cuttingedge technologies and delivery mechanisms, enabling the community to engage from anywhere in the world. Through strategic communications, UNAVCO promotes community science discoveries with the geosciences community and the broader pubic.

Highlights of recent accomplishments: Future Directions� Support a community of scientists and educators

to convey discoveries in geodesy and their relevance to society

� Heighten community awareness of UNAVCO support for broader impacts of multi-disciplinaryresearch

� Strengthen community support through the web interface and emergent technologies

� Lead within the international scientific community to advance global geodesy and cultivate open data practices

� Provide high caliber community professional development.

� Proactively identify, implement and communi-cate new efficiencies in information technology; develop synergies in collaboration with national and international partners

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4S T R AT E G Y

Support the education and outreach needs of the community and broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in the geosciences

Building Human Resources and the Next Generation of Scientists


UNAVCO values the development of people including the next generation of geodesists, scientists,

and technical professionals, with a concerted effort on increasing diversity in the geosciences.

Through multiple internship programs supporting promising young talent, UNAVCO provides

training, professional development, and work experience to early career professionals, graduate

students, and undergraduate students including those attending community college. Over 90

percent of student interns are from groups historically underrepresented in the geosciences.

UNAVCO leadership has taken deliberate steps to develop hiring, compensation, and professional

development policies to retain a dedicated, passionate, and capable staff.

Support of consortium faculty through focused undergraduate curriculum development provides

resources to demonstrate to students the power of geodesy for science. Particular emphasis is

placed on the societal benefits and the interdisciplinary nature of geodesy in the geosciences.

UNAVCO facilitates community-focused activities to promote science applications through

state-of-the-art geodesy tools and best practices.

Highlights of recent accomplishments: Future Directions

� Collaborate with community, professional organizations, industry, and the private sector for systemic impact on increasing diversity in geosciences

� Grow the community of geoscience research and education using geodesy through internships, work opportunities and professional development

� Ensure a continuum of support for the next generation of scientists, from secondary education through early career geoscientists

� Provide innovative technical training, professional development, and educational opportunities to UNAVCO community members and staff

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5S T R AT E G Y

Diligently improve UNAVCO leadership in support of effective and transparent management and governance, diversify the geodesy

resource base, and optimize operational efficiency

Administrative and Organizational Excellence


UNAVCO is recognized as a global leader in research and development for geodesy and data

collection, and for capabilities in field engineering, technical support, and geodetic network

operations. The need for fast absorption of new geodetic technologies and new geoscience

subdiscipline applications drives the internal culture. An engaged governance and management

cultivates and supports organizational and technical agility.

In response to external challenges, UNAVCO has emerged as a stronger, more transparent

organization, focused on resilience initiatives: hardening of operations, strengthening

management culture, and investment in staff retention. Organizational realignment improved

integration of operations, administrative support, and employee engagement.

Hardening of operations and alignment of staffing have enabled a highly efficient organization

with historical overhead rates of 14% - 16%; steadfast compliance with federal requirements;

accurate and timely reporting and decision support services; efficient business services;

emphasis on safety and clearly defined processes and procedures; strong and reliable business

systems to support operations; and an environment of trust and transparency.

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Approved Budget

15.45% 14.93% 15.50% 15.68% 13.92% 15.86% 17.03%

Highlights of recent accomplishments: Future Directions� Cultivate new funding sources to diversify the

resource base and support community, includingfederal, foreign, and private sources

� Explore better coordination of national geodetic infrastructure in support of community-driven science through formal agreements that articulate shared interests, common goals, and resourcing

� Evaluate and improve all aspects of UNAVCO’s operations for optimization

� Sustain strong and responsive communication with sponsors, in support of facility best practices

� Ensure active and effective governance by the Board of Directors and its advisory structure

� Ensure efficient, effective management, organi-zational responsiveness and agility to meet community and sponsor needs

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Critical Success Factors are key areas in which UNAVCO must perform well on a consistent basis in order to

achieve its mission and vision within fiscal constraints. Metrics gauge progress on the Critical Success Factors

and are linked to the strategies noted in brackets below. These metrics will be linked to specific actions in the

implementation plan.

Publication of high impact science that uses UNAVCO resources[Community Support, Scientific Diversity, Engagement, Broadening Participation, Organizational Excellence]

� Number of papers that acknowledge UNAVCO support; number of journals that contain these papers� Number of papers with results that rely on UNAVCO resources; number of journals that contain these papers

Funding of research that uses UNAVCO resources [Community Support, Scientific Diversity, Engagement, Organizational Excellence]

� Profile of NSF-supported projects� Profile of projects with other sponsors

Involvement of diverse people in UNAVCO activities and projects [Scientific Diversity, Engagement, Broadening Participation]

� Composition of UNAVCO community members attending meetings, workshops and short courses� Number and diversity of journals represented in the publication database� Degree and research profile, minority-serving status, and EPSCOR representation of member institutions� Profile of Associate Membership by region and institution type� UNAVCO staff diversity

Archive for data preservation, stewardship, and open access [Community Support, Scientific Diversity, Organizational Excellence]

� Volume of products in and out of the archive by data type� Number of GPS stations in the archive� Number of unique users and domains by technique� Number of software downloads

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS AND METRICS


Community use of state-of-the-art geodetic technology [Community Support, Scientific Diversity, Engagement]

� PI Projects supported� Sufficiency of the equipment pool to meet investigator demand� Community equipment acquisition� Community use of the Knowledge Base

Community involvement in education and engagement activities[Community Support, Engagement, Broadening Participation]

� Number of workshop, short course, and outreach activities & Participants reached � Number of interns each year� PI projects that draw on education and engagement resources

Sustainability/viability of the funding sources [Community Support]

� Profile of funding sources and amounts� Optimization of indirect cost rates for effective and efficient management

A well-functioning corporation with informed community governance [Community Support, Scientific Diversity, Engagement, Broadening Participation, Organizational Excellence]

� Attendance at the annual business meeting� Election participation by member representatives� Composition and balance of the Board of Directors and governance committees� Governance committee activity and reporting� Board of Directors’ training and assessment; sponsor management review� Sponsor, community, and employee satisfaction� Audit outcomes and findings; federal compliance

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Appalachian State University, Scott Marshall

Arizona State University, Ramon Arrowsmith

Baylor University, Vincent Cronin

Boise State University, John Bradford

Bowling Green State University, Yuning Fu

California Institute of Technology, Mark Simons

California State University, Fullerton, W. Richard Laton

California State University, Stanislaus, Robert Rogers

Carnegie Institution of Washington (Founding Member), Diana Roman

Central Washington University (Founding Member), Tim Melbourne

Colorado School of Mines, Wendy Zhou

Columbia University, Mikhail Kogan

Cornell University, Matthew Pritchard

Dartmouth College, Robert Hawley

Florida Atlantic University, Mustafa Berber

Georgia Institute of Technology, Andrew Newman

Grand Valley State University, John Weber

Hamilton College, Eugene Domack

Harvard University (Founding Member), Richard O'Connell

Howard University, Gregory Jenkins

Humboldt State University, Mark Hemphill-Haley

Idaho State University, Benjamin Crosby

Indiana University (Founding Member), Michael Hamburger

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Founding Member), Frank Webb

Lamar University, Joseph Kruger

Louisiana State University, Cliff Muginer

Macalester College, Kelly MacGregor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Thomas Herring

Michigan Technological University, Gregory Waite

Missouri State University, Kevin Mickus

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Mark Murray

New Mexico State University, Reed Burgette

New York University, David Holland

North Carolina State University, Karl Wegmann

Northwestern University (Founding Member), Seth Stein

Ohio State University, Michael Bevis

Oklahoma State University, Daniel Lao Davila

Old Dominion University, Hans-Peter Plag

Oregon State University, Paul Vincent

Pennsylvania State University, Pete LaFemina

Portland State University, Rob McCaffrey

Princeton University, Allan Rubin

Purdue University, Lucy Flesch

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Founding Member), Steven Roecker

Saint Olaf College, Charles Umbanhowar Jr.

San Francisco State University, Jerry Davis

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (Founding Member), Michael Pearlman

Southern Methodist University, Jason McKenna

Stanford University (Founding Member), Paul Segall

State University of New York at Stony Brook (Founding Member), William Holt

Texas A&M University, Ryan Ewing

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Michael Starek

The College of New Jersey, Maggie Benoit

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, John Braun

University of Alabama, Ibrahim Cemen

University Of Alaska Fairbanks (Founding Member), Jeff Freymueller

University of Arizona, Rick Bennett

University of Arkansas (Founding Member), Henry Turner

University of California – Berkeley (Founding Member), Roland Burgmann

University of California – Davis, Mike Oskin

University of California – Irvine, Eric Rignot

University of California – Los Angeles, Zhengkang Shen

University of California – Riverside, Gareth Funning

University of California – San Diego (Founding Member), Yehuda Bock

UNAVCO MEMBERS — 108


University of California – Santa Cruz, Susan Schwartz

University of Chicago, Douglas MacAyeal

University of Colorado (Founding Member), Kristine Larson

University of Florida, Raymond Russo

University of Hawaii, James Foster

University of Houston, William Carter

University of Idaho (Founding Member), Dennis Geist

University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, Wang-Ping Chen

University of Kansas, Leigh Stearns

University of Kentucky, Dhananjay Ravat

University of Maine, Gordon Hamilton

University of Maryland – College Park, Laurent Montesi

University of Memphis (Founding Member), Robert, Jr. Smalley

University of Miami (Founding Member), Shimon Wdowinski

University of Michigan, Eric Hetland

University of Minnesota, Lesley Perg

University of Missouri – Columbia (Founding Member), Mian Liu

University of Montana, Rebecca Bendick

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Catherine Snelson

University of Nevada, Reno (Founding Member), Geoffrey Blewitt

University of New Hampshire, Mark Fahnestock

University of Oklahoma, Austin Holland

University of Oregon, Amanda Thomas

University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Alberto Lopez

University of Rhode Island, Meng Wei

University of Rochester, Cynthia Ebinger

University of South Carolina, James Kellogg

University of South Florida, Rocco Malservisi

University of Southern California, Thorston Becker

University of Southern Mississippi, David Mooneyhan

University of Texas – Arlington, John Wickham

University of Texas – Austin (Founding Member), Clark Wilson

University of Texas – Dallas, John Oldow

University of Texas – El Paso, Raed Aldouri

University of Utah (Founding Member), Robert B. Smith

University of Washington, Paul Bodin

University of Wisconsin – Madison, Charles DeMets

University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Dyanna Czeck

University of Wyoming, Matt Burkhart

Utah State University, Anthony Lowry

Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Sarah Stamps

Wesleyan University, Phillip Resor

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Sarah Das

Yale University, Maureen Long

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Academia Sinica – Taiwan, Shui-Beih

Addis Ababa University, Elias Lewi

Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC – NREL, Daryl Myers

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Ivan Georgiev

Canadian Hydrographic Service, Brent Bowman

Carleton University, Derek Mueller

Central Geological Survey – MOEA, Chin-Shyong Hou

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Pierre Briole

Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada - CICESE, Francisco Suárez-Vidal

Le Centre Interdisciplinaire de Développement en Cartographie des Océans – CIDCO, Mathieu Rondeau

Observatório Vulcanológico e Sismológico da Universidade dos Açores – CIVISA, Teresa Ferreira

Curtin University, Noor Raziq

Delft University of Technology, Hans van der Marel

Earth System Research Laboratory – NOAA, Seth Gutman

Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Patricia Mothes

European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology, Nicolas d’Oreye

GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Roman Galas

Geological Survey of Canada, Lisa Nykolaishen

Geophysical Service of Russian Academy of Sciences, Grigory Steblov

Global Hydrology and Climate Center, Charles Laymon

GNS Science, Elisabetta D'Anastasio

Harris Galveston Subsidence District, Michael Chrismer

Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, Ludwig Combrinck

Icelandic Meteorological Office, Benedikt Gunnar Ofeigsson

Idaho National Laboratory, Suzette Payne

Ilia State University, Giorgi Sokhadze

INGEOMINAS – Servicio Geológico Colombiano, Hector Mora-Paez

Institute for Space Sciences (ICE CSIC), Pedro Elosegui

Instituto de Geofisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Sara Franco

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais – INPE, Icaro Vitorello

Instituto Nicaragense de Estudios Territoriales, Angelica Munoz

Instituto Nazionale Oceanografia Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS, David Zuliani

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Nicola D'Agostino

Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Haluk Ozener

Koninklijk Netherlands Meteorologisch Instituut – KNMI, Reinoud Sleeman

Korea Polar Research Institute, Ki-Weon Seo

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Robert Mellors

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Aviva Sussman

Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat, Amir Abolghasem

Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação – Observatorio Nacional, Darcy Nascimento Jr.

Montserrat Volcano Observatory, Graham Ryan

Nanyang Technological University, Paramesh Banerjee

National Central University, Wu-Lung Chang

National Cheng Kung University, Ruey-Juin Rau

National Space Institute – Technical University of Denmark, Finn Bo Madsen

Natural Resources Canada, Michael Craymer

Norwegian Polar Institute, Kenichi Matsuoka

Patras University, Stathis Stiros

Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Simon Williams

Royal Museum for Central Africa, Damien Delvaux

Royal Observatory of Belgium, Carine Bruyninx

San Fernando Naval Observatory, Jorge Garate

Simon Fraser University, Gwenn Flowers

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Marcel Mojzes

Southern California Earthquake Center, John McRaney

Technical University of Crete, Stelios Mertikas

Technische Universität Darmstadt, Matthias Becker

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Lin Liu

TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center, Semih Ergintav

U.S. Geological Survey, Cascade Volcano Observatory, Michael Lisowski

UNAVCO ASSOCIATE MEMBERS — 99


Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Rafael Pujols

Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa, Esteban Vazquez

Universidad de Chile, Sergio Barrientos

Universidad de Los Andes, Jillian Pearse

Universidad de Sonora, Carlos Lizarraga-Celaya

Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Jorge Avila

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, Manuel Rodriguez Maradiaga

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Enrique Cabral-Cano

Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Alex Holsteinson

Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja, Richard Serrano

Universidade Estadual Paulista, Joao Monico

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN, Francisco Bezerra

Université du Québec à Montréal – UQAM, Alessandro Forte

University of Alberta, Jeffrey Kavanaugh

University of Barcelona, Giorgi Khazaradze

University of Bristol, Juliet Biggs

University of British Columbia, Elizabeth Hearn

University of Bucharest, Victor Mocanu

University of Calgary, Maribeth Murray

University of Durham, Nick Rosser

University of French Polynesia, Jean-Pierre Barriot

University of Leeds, Andrew Hooper

University of Lethbridge, Sarah Boon

University of Lisbon, Joaquim Pagarete

University of Luxembourg, Tonie van Dam

University of Manitoba, David Barber

University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Peter Clarke

University of Northern British Columbia, Brian Menounos

University of Nottingham, Richard Bingley

University of Oslo, Trond Eiken

University of Ottawa, Luke Copland

University of Oxford, Barry Parsons

University of Peshawar, Shah Faisal Khan

University of Porto, Luisa Bastos

University of Tasmania, Matt King

University of the West Indies, Robert Watts

University of Tuebingen, Todd Ehlers

University of Victoria, Ian Walker

University of Western Ontario, Kristy Tiampo

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Point Observations for time dependent deformation

� GPS Global Positioning System — 3D daily positions with sub-centimeter uncertainty in a global reference frame. This includes continuous GPS (cGPS) when observations occur every day.

� RTGPS High Rate, Real Time GPS — 1 Hz or 5 Hz sample rate streaming with ~0.5 second latency, several centimeters uncertainty on epoch-by-epoch positions

� GNSS Global Navigation Satellite Systems — International satellite navigation systems like GPS for positioningwith global coverage

� GPS/Met Meteorological observations at GPS stations

Geodetic Imaging

� InSAR Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar – differenced pairs of satellite radar images that map deforming zones such as faults, volcanoes, glaciers, and aquifers

� LiDAR Light Detection and Ranging

� TLS Terrestrial Laser Scanner – ground-based LiDAR, typically mounted on a tripod, providing very high-resolution imaging of small areas

Borehole Geophysics

� Borehole Strainmeter Measures the change in shape of a borehole at approximately 250 m depth with sensitivity at the scale of one ten-millionth of a human hair

� Seismometer Measures ground deformation at very high frequencies with great sensitivity and is collocated with a borehole strainmeter in the Plate Boundary Observatory

� Tiltmeter Measures the changing inclination of the Earth's surface over time, at a scale of one ten-thousandths of a degree

TOOL BOX — 2015


Rick AnthesPresident Emeritus, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research; Member-at-Large, UNAVCO Board

Rebecca BendickAssociate Professor, University of Montana; Secretary of the Board & Institutional Member, UNAVCO Board

Francisco (Paco) GomezAssociate Professor, University of Missouri – Columbia; Institutional Member, UNAVCO Board

Eric FieldingJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; At-Large Representative, UNAVCO Board

Jeff FreymuellerProfessor, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute; Institutional Representative, UNAVCO Board

Peter La FeminaAssociate Professor, The Pennsylvania State University; Chair of the Board & Institutional Representative, UNAVCO Board

Rowena LohmanAssociate Professor, Cornell University; Vice Chair of the Board & Institutional Representative

Josh RoeringProfessor, University of Oregon; Institutional Representative, UNAVCO Board

David SandwellScripps Institute of Oceanography, IGPP, University of California - San Diego; Member-at-Large, UNAVCO Board

Elected Directors

Corporate Officers

M Meghan MillerPresident, UNAVCO

Clark WilsonWallace Pratt Professor of Geophysics, University of Texas, Austin;Corporate Treasurer, UNAVCO

UNAVCO BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE OFFICERS

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