Project Overview
For nearly four decades, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (UNAVCO GAGE) and the Seismic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (IRIS SAGE) have successfully managed and supported a multitude of geophysical instruments, experiments, and networks around the world. During that time, GAGE and SAGE have continuously optimized station design in support of Earth Science research and scientific goals. After IRIS and UNAVCO merged to form EarthScope in 2023, the Common Sensor Platform (CSP) project was launched in order to standardize station design into a scalable and modular framework to be used across multiple sensor types.
The major objectives of this initiative have been to:
- Identify commonalities and differences in historic station designs
- Develop a core sensor platform drawing from commonalities
- Specify scalable and modular components for diverse environments and usage cases
- Leverage Earthscope’s broad engineering expertise to enhance design commonalities and optimize engineering operations.
- Foster a collaborative engineering culture for ongoing station/platform design and optimization.
These goals are in direct alignment with EarthScope core organizational values and specifically strive to maximize scientific objectives and data return and quality through improved station reliability and reporting of in-situ conditions.
Resources
- CSP Station Builder
- Technical Design Document
- CSP Station Requirements Document
- CSP Existing Station Summary Report