EPOS - European Plate Observing System

Research Infrastructure and E-Science for Data and Observatories on Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Surface Dynamics and Tectonics

Composite view of the EPOS infrastructure showing existing networks with seismometer and typical site, experimental laboratories, tomographic results obtained from the recorded data and simulation of volcano eruption.

e-science plays a pivotal role for EPOS

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Czech Republic

IG ASCR

The Institute of Geophysics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic is a public research institution. The Institute conducts fundamental research in physics of the solid Earth and its immediate space environment. Geophysical interpretations include studies of the crust, lithosphere and sub-lithosphere structure, geodynamics of the active regions, climatic changes, solar-terrestrial relations, environmental geomagnetism and many others. Theoretical modelling and numerical simulations of geophysical fields are an integral part of the research programme of the Institute. The activities of the Institute of Geophysics comprise regular observatory monitoring of Earth's physical fields in a broad international collaboration. The research staff of the Institute of Geophysics consists of approximately 60 university-educated personnel organized in five research departments (http://www.ig.cas.cz/en/welcome/).

The Czech Republic relevant institutions for EPOS are mentioned below:

IG-ASCR, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics Acad. Sci. (IRSM-ASCR), Institute of Physics of the Earth Masaryk University (IPE-MU), Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Charles University (FMP-CU), Faculty of Natural Science, Charles University (FNS-CU), & Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography and Cartography (RIGTC).

In order to reach strong consensus at national level, consultation of all national stakeholders and in particular the above mentioned legal entities will be ensured, in particular by active participation of their representatives in EPOS meetings and workshops. However resources (and personnel costs) necessary to the different work packages are directly committed by the beneficiary only (IG ASC) and not by any of these entities which are third parties to the project.

Contribution to the PP.

IG ASCR will participate inWP3 and WP6. WP3 Task leader in Task 3.3 - Jan Zednik. WP6 Task co-leaders: Task 6.3 Bohuslav Ruzek, Task 6.4 Ludek Klimes.

Principal personnel involved.

Dr. Jan Zednik (IG ASCR), Head of the Seismological service (Dept. of Seismology), member of the Executive Committee of the ORFEUS Data Centre (President of ExeCom 1999-2006), Czech representative at EMSC, IRIS and FDSN.

Dr. Bohuslav Ruzek (IG ASCR), Deputy Director of the Institute, seismic tomography, programming, parallel computing, web administration.

effects, source parameter retrieval, strong ground motion simulation, regional network in Patras.