A GPS “error” could help power short-term rain forecasts
A new machine learning model incorporates water vapor data to improve radar-based precipitation forecasting.
The Cocos Plate’s Only NOTA Station Is Back Online
This June, the ISCO station on Cocos Island was rebuilt, allowing for the first real-time geophysical data for the Cocos Plate since 2020.
The Legacy of the Plate Boundary Observatory at Mount St. Helens
Quick construction of GPS stations by PBO engineers around Mount St. Helens helped scientists observe the 2004 eruption.
New hurricane-resistant GPS station design was tested by Hurricane Melissa
Could it survive a category 5 storm?
Quite accomplished for a 22-year-old: celebrating the Network of the Americas
It’s been 22 years since the NSF first funded an ambitious project to build a large-scale geodetic network we now know as the Network of the Americas. As the NSF GAGE facility award reaches its end, it’s worth looking back at how we got here.
Using geodetic tools to monitor a changing Arctic
Two projects show how remote sensing and geodetic tools can help us study changing ecosystems and landscapes.
As above, so below: how geophysics can help us unlock secrets of the cosmos
Geophysical instruments make key contributions to some large astrophysics experiments.
Earthquakes make waves in the ionosphere—another signal to study
In order to extract as much information as possible from ionospheric signals, we need to understand the patterns in great detail. A recent paper used the 2016 magnitude 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake to see what we could learn from testing the data against simulations.
Strainmeters and GNSS stations reveal subtle fault movements after the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake
When we experience a significant earthquake—along with any foreshocks or aftershocks associated with it—the shaking is hard to ignore. But there are also subtle movements afterward we may only notice with the help of precision instruments.
Sea level rise projections depend on improved bedrock models
A new study uses the latest maps of the structure beneath Antarctica to see how important realistic crust and mantle information is to sea level rise. The answer? It’s pretty important.