International Projects and Initiatives
EPOS is being realized within a large number of disciplinary, technical as well as international projects and initiatives. The EPOS Project Development Board puts an effort in an effective joint coordination of the different initiatives.
In this page you can find some information on those projects and initiatives that are deeply related to EPOS. They are listed in alphabetical order.
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Project |
Common Operations of Environmental Research infrastructures |
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Running time |
2011 – 2014 |
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Type of project |
EC: Combination of CP & CSA. Find and work out common IT components and standards to facilitate interoperability in the environmental infrastructures |
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Funding source |
EC; FP7 grant 283465 Research Infrastructures |
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Contact |
Wouter Los (w.los_at_uva.nl) |
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EPOS Relevance |
EPOS e-science collaboration with environmental ESFRI initiatives |
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Project |
European Data Infrastructure |
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Running time |
2011 – 2014 |
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Type of project |
EUDAT is aiming at building a high-quality, cost-efficient and sustainable pan-European Data Ecosystem, with Europe-wide sharing of resources, services and competence. |
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Funding source |
EC FP7 [FP7/2007-2013] grant 283304 E-infrastructures |
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Contact |
Alberto Michelini (alberto.michelini_at_ingv.it) |
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EPOS Relevance |
EPOS e-science collaboration with other ESFRI initiatives and HPC |
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Project |
IAG Reference Frame Sub-Commission for Europe |
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Running time |
1987 – / |
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Type of project |
EUREF deals with the definition, realization and maintenance of the European Reference Frame - the geodetic infrastructure for multinational projects requiring precise geo-referencing in close cooperation with the IAG components and EuroGeographics. EUDAT is aiming at building a high-quality, cost-efficient and sustainable pan-European Data Ecosystem, with Europe-wide sharing of resources, services and competence. |
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Funding source |
/ |
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Contact |
Carine Bruyninx (C.Bruyninx_at_oma.be) |
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EPOS Relevance |
WG4 |
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Project |
The Geological Surveys of Europe |
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Running time |
1995 – / |
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Type of project |
EuroGeoSurveys (EGS), The Geological Surveys of Europe, represents 33 Member Organizations, thus over 20.000 specialists working in numerous applications of geosciences to the EU society and economy. EuroGeoSurveys is a not-for-profit association working solely for the public interest.. |
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Funding source |
/ |
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Contact |
Luca Demicheli (luca.demicheli_at_eurogeosurveys.org |
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EPOS Relevance |
WG3 |
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Project |
Explosive Eruption Risk and Decision Support for EU Populations Threatened by Volcanoes |
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Running time |
2002 – 2006 |
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Type of project |
The main objective of the project consists in the quantitative analysis of explosive eruption risk in densely populated EU regions and the evaluation of the likely effectiveness of possible mitigation measures (such as land-use planning, engineering interventions in buildings, emergency planning and community preparedness) through the development of volcanic risk facilities - such as supercomputer simulation models, vulnerability databases, and probabilistic risk assessment protocols - and their application to high-risk European volcanoes. |
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Funding source |
EC |
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Contact |
Augusto Neri (neri_at_pi.ingv.it) |
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EPOS Relevance |
WG2 |
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Project |
Global Earthquake Model |
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Running time |
2009 - / |
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Type of project |
The GEM Foundation is a public-private partnership that drives a collaborative effort aimed at developing and deploying tools and resources for earthquake risk assessment worldwide. |
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Funding source |
OECD, national contributions, insurance contributions, etc. |
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Contact |
Rui Pinho (info_at_globalearthquakemodel.org) |
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EPOS Relevance |
International seismic hazard developments and industry |
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Project |
Group on Earth Observation |
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Running time |
2002 - / |
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Type of project |
GEO is a voluntary partnership of governments and international organizations. It provides a framework within which these partners can develop new projects and coordinate their strategies and investments in order to coordinate efforts to build a Global Earth Observation System of Systems, or GEOSS. |
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Funding source |
National and international. |
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Contact |
Francesco Gaetani (fgaetani_at_geosec.org) |
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EPOS Relevance |
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Project |
Network of European Research Infrastructure for Earthquake Risk Assessment and Mitigation |
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Running time |
2010 – 2014 |
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Type of project |
NERA is aiming at integration of key research infrastructures in Europe for monitoring earthquakes and assessing their hazard and risk. |
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Funding source |
EC FP7[FP7/2007-2013] grant 262330 I3 |
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Contact |
Torild van Eck (nera_at_knmi.nl) |
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EPOS Relevance |
NERA integrates and facilitates the use of infrastructures and access to data for research, provides services and access to earthquake data and parameters, and hazard and risk products and tools. The results of NERA will be integrated in the European Plate Observing System (EPOS). |
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Project |
Network of Research Infrastructures for European Seismology |
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Running time |
2006 – 2010 |
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Type of project |
NERIES is aiming at networking the European seismic networks, improving access to data, allowing access to specific seismic infrastructures and pursuing targeted research developing the next generation of tools for improved service and data analysis. |
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Funding source |
EC FP6 Research Infrastructure I3 grant 026130 |
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Contact |
Torild van Eck (neries_at_knmi.nl) |
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EPOS Relevance |
NERIES’ long-term vision and sustainability plans are currently integrated within the EPOS planning. |
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Project |
International initiative of the geological surveys of the world |
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Running time |
2007 - / |
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Type of project |
OneGeology is an international initiative of the geological surveys of the world. It aims at creating dynamic digital geological map data for the world. It is an international initiative of the geological surveys of the world who are working together to achieve this venture. |
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Funding source |
international initiative of the geological surveys of the world |
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Contact |
Ian Jackson (onegeology_at_bgs.ac.uk) |
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EPOS Relevance |
Geology component contribution to EPOS and collaboration |
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Project |
Quantitative Estimation of Earth’s Seismic Sources and Structure |
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Running time |
2009 – 2013 |
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Type of project |
The main goal of QUEST is research and training in the development of strategies for automated seismic imaging using the increasing power of 3-D simulation technology. |
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Funding source |
EC FP7 [FP7/2007-2013] grant 238007 |
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Contact |
Heiner Igel (heiner.igel_at_lmu.de) |
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EPOS Relevance |
EPOS infrastructure users |
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Project |
Strategies and tools for Real Time EArthquake RisK ReducTion |
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Running time |
2011 – 2015 |
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Type of project |
The general objective of the project is to improve the efficiency of real time earthquake risk mitigation methods and its capability of protecting structures, infrastructures and people. REAKT aims at establishing the best practice on how to use jointly all the information coming from earthquake forecast, early warning and real time vulnerability assessment. |
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Funding source |
EC FP7 Research |
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Contact |
Alfonso Filangieri (alfonso.rossifilangieri_at_amracenter.com) |
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EPOS Relevance |
to be studied |
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Project |
Seismic Hazard Harmonization in Europe |
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Running time |
2009 – 2012 |
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Type of project |
SHARE's main objective is to provide a community-based seismic hazard model for the Euro-Mediterranean region with update mechanisms. The project aims to establish new standards in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment (PSHA) practice by a close cooperation of leading European geologists, seismologists and engineers. |
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Funding source |
EC FP7 [FP7/2007-2013] grant 226967 |
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Contact |
Domenico Giardini (share_at_sed.ethz.ch) |
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EPOS Relevance |
The results of SHARE will be integrated in the European Plate Observing System (EPOS). |
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Project |
4-D topographic evolution of the orogens and intra-plate regions of Europe |
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Running time |
2005 – 2015 |
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Type of project |
TOPO-EUROPE integrates monitoring, imaging, reconstruction and modelling of the interplay between processes controlling continental topography and related natural hazards. |
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Funding source |
Financial support from the International Lithosphere Programme (ILP), the Academia Europaea, the Klaus Tschira Foundation, the European Science Foundation (ESF), the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), the Eötvös Lorant University Budapest (ELTE), and the Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth Science (ISES). Furthermore TOPO-EUROPE has been selected by ESF as a EUROCORES programme in September 2006. |
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Contact |
Sierd Cloetingh (sierd.cloetingh_at_falw.vu.nl) |
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EPOS Relevance |
EPOS infrastructure users |
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Project |
Investigate and model the origin and evolution of topography of the continents |
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Running time |
2011 – 2015 |
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Type of project |
TOPOMOD is a training project designed for a team of early-stage and experienced researchers to investigate and model the origin and evolution of topography of the continents over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. |
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Funding source |
EC FP7 [FP7/2007-2013] grant 264517 |
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Contact |
Claudio Faccenna (faccenna_at_uniroma3.it) |
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EPOS Relevance |
EPOS data providers Working Group 6 Analytical and Experimental Laboratories |
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Project |
Geohazard Supersites |
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Running time ... |
– / |
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Type of project |
Supersites is an initiative of the geohazard scientific community. The Supersites provide access to spaceborne and in-situ geophysical data of selected sites prone to earthquake, volcano or other hazards. The initiative began with the "Frascati declaration" at the conclusion of the 3rd International Geohazards workshop of the Group of Earth Observation (GEO) held in November 2007 in Frascati, Italy. |
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Funding source |
/ |
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Contact |
Falk Amelung (famelun_at_rsmas.miami.edu), Massimo Cocco (massimo.cocco_at_ingv.it), Francesco Gaetani (fgaetani_at_geosec.org), Craig Dobson (craig.dobson@nasa.gov), Wolfgang Lengert (wolfgang.lengert_at_esa.int). |
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EPOS Relevance |
WG8 |
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Project |
Virtual Earthquake and Seismology Research Community in Europe e-science environment |
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Running time |
2011 – 2015 |
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Type of project |
VERCE is aiming at providing an e-science environment driven by the needs of the data intensive applications of the earthquake and seismology research community. |
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Funding source |
European Community's Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007-2013] under grant agreement n° 283543 |
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Contact |
Jean-Pierre Vilotte (vilotte_at_ipgp.jussieu.fr) |
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EPOS Relevance |
The earthquake and seismology research addresses both fundamental problems in understanding Earth's internal wave sources and structures, and augments applications to societal concerns about natural hazards, energy resources, environmental change, and national security. This community is central in the EPOS. |
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Project |
Vulcanic Unrest in Europe and Latin America: phenomenology, eruption precursors, hazard forecast, and risk mitigation |
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Running time |
2011 – 2015 |
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Type of project |
The prime objective of VUELCO is to significantly improve our understanding of the processes behind volcanic unrest and the ability to forecast its outcome aiding decision-making and management in an unrest situation. |
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Funding source |
European Community's Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007-2013] |
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Contact |
Jo Gottsmann (j.gottsmann_at_bristol.ac.uk) |
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EPOS Relevance |
WG2. |
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