IRIS Consortium

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
	501(c)(3)
Location	William T. Golden Center for Science and Engineering; Washington, D.C.;
Services	Research, Education
Members	290 (2018)
Official languages	English
Key people	Robert Woodward, President; Richard C. Aster, Chair of the Board of Directors
Website	www.iris.edu

IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

foundations. IRIS supported five major components, the Data Management Center (DMC^[2]), the Portable Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL^[3]), the Global Seismographic Network (GSN^[4]), the Transportable Array (USARRAY^[5]), and the Education and Public Outreach Program (EPO^[6]

). IRIS maintained a Corporate Office in Washington, D.C.

IRIS's Education and Public Outreach Program offered animations, videos, lessons, software, posters, and fact sheets to help teachers and the general public learn more about seismology and earth science and understand it better. The goal is to get more people interested in careers in geophysics.

IRIS is listed in the Registry of Research Data Repositories re3data.org.^[7]

On January 1, 2023, IRIS merged with UNAVCO to form EarthScope Consortium.^[8]

History

In 1959, the United States Government launched a research effort aimed at improving national capabilities to detect and identify foreign nuclear explosions detonated underground and at high altitudes. The resultant

USGS under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), is now jointly supported by the National Science Foundation

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References

^ "IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
^ "IRIS: Data Management Center". ds.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
^ "Portable Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere | IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
^ "Global Seismographic Network | IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
^ "USArray". www.usarray.org. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
^ "Education and Public Outreach | IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
^ "IRIS Entry in re3data.org". www.re3data.org. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
^ "Joining Forces". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.

External links

Official website
Smith, S., IRIS – A University Consortium for Seismology, Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics, Vol. 25, p. 1203, 1986.
van der Vink GE (1998). "The role of seismologists in debates over the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 866 (1): 84–113.
doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09148.x
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Aster, R., Beaudoin, B., Hole, J., Fouch, M., Fowler, J., James, D., and the PASSCAL Staff and Standing Committee, IRIS PASSCAL program marks 20 years of scientific discovery, EOS trans. AGU, 86, 26 April 2005.

[1] "IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.

[2] "IRIS: Data Management Center". ds.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.

[3] "Portable Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere | IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.

[4] "Global Seismographic Network | IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.

[5] "USArray". www.usarray.org. Retrieved 2019-12-24.

[6] "Education and Public Outreach | IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.

[7] "IRIS Entry in re3data.org". www.re3data.org. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

[8] "Joining Forces". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.

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