Dear Sheila,
Yes, Europe lacks a large-scale geophysical "telescope" for viewing into
the Earth, and I am very pleased to see this as your number 1 proposal.
Of course you will be aware of the efforts that Peter Maguire, Hans
Thybo and I made some 4-8 years ago to promote EuroArray - our vision is
broader than just seismic stations however and we proposed to use the
infrastructure as a platform upon which all sorts of other instruments
could be mounted, such as MT (my interest of course) and GPS.
We found it tough going to try to marshal and align all the many funding
agencies, and dealing with some European prima donnas (names withheld)
who were against the concept as they hadn't thought of it or because it
potentially competed with their own thrusts.
Essentially, EuroArray became a component of Sierd Cloetingh's
TOPO-EUROPE initiative, and is being handled in a patchwork-like
fashion. The Spaniards got their act together and managed to get 50 BB
systems for Topo-Iberia (although the Portuguese are complaining that
"Iberia" in this instance only seems to mean Spain). We in Ireland got
funding for 20 BB systems that are currently installed around Ireland
that we are calling Ireland Array.
So there is still the overwhelming need for a European-wide, or a
European-Russian-wide, coordinated effort to initiate and launch a
programme of the same kind as USArray. All of the arguments we made 8
years ago are as valid today as they were then.
Should you need any further information or documentation for our
EuroArray or TOPO-EUROPE, then Hans, Sierd or I can provide it.
With regards,
Alan
On 18/06/2013 07:55, Sheila Peacock wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I should be grateful for any geophysics suggestions
> for big science that could be passed on to the House
> of Lords consultation. My own thoughts include:
>
> 1. a EuroArray seismic array equivalent to the USArray, or better
> still, a EuroRussianArray;
>
> 2. An ability to do 3-D marine and land seismic acquisition,
> processing and visualisation for research purposes.
>
> I'm a seismologist, as you see, so I need input from specialists
> in other areas of geophysics. I'll pass any suggestions
> on to Robert Massey (Royal Astronomical Soc.) for
> inclusion in the response.
>
> Regards,
> Sheila Peacock,
> RAS Council member.
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Lords inquiry into Scientific Infrastructure
> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:57:38 +0100
> From: Robert Massey <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Andrew Norton <[log in to unmask]>, Barry Parsons
> <[log in to unmask]>, Charles Barclay
> <[log in to unmask]>, David Southwood
> <[log in to unmask]>, Don Kurtz <[log in to unmask]>, Geraint
> Jones <[log in to unmask]>, Gillian Foulger
> <[log in to unmask]>, Helen Fraser <[log in to unmask]>,
> Ian Crawford <[log in to unmask]>, John Brown
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> <[log in to unmask]>, Paul Murdin <[log in to unmask]>, Peter
> Coles <[log in to unmask]>, Richard Davis <[log in to unmask]>, Sarah
> Matthews <[log in to unmask]>, Sheila Peacock
> <[log in to unmask]>, Simon Mitton <[log in to unmask]>, Steve
> Miller <[log in to unmask]>, Yvonne Elsworth <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Dear All
>
> You may remember that I sent round a note about this and the two other
> consultations (on Scottish independence and on the EU) a couple of
> weeks ago. See
> http://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-committees/science-technology/ScientificInfrastructure/CfEScientificInfrastructure.pdf
>
> There are some fairly general questions in the inquiry that are best
> suited to a joint response (in our case through the Science Council –
> I contributed to a round table discussion they organised last week)
> but it nonetheless seems appropriate to respond to some points in our
> own right. In particular, I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on
> the following question:
>
> “What substantial increases in scale would allow new areas or domains
> of science to be explored (analogous to Large Hadron Collider and
> Higgs boson)?”
>
> Would you mind sending suggestions through to allow me to collate
> them? The deadline for the inquiry is this Friday, so I’d need to see
> these by tomorrow to stand a reasonable chance of assembling a response.
>
> Many thanks and best wishes
>
> Robert
>
> Dr Robert Massey
>
> Deputy Executive Secretary
>
> Royal Astronomical Society
>
> www.ras.org.uk <http://www.ras.org.uk>
>
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7734 3307 / 4582 x214
>
> Mob: +44 (0)794 124 8035
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Director, Irish Geoscience Graduate Programme (IGGP)
School of Cosmic Physics
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
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