UNAVCO facility acquires new receivers

UNAVCO is sponsored by NSF's Directorate for Geosciences. Scientists at its member institutions are using GPS technology for research in virtually all of the earth sciences and many related fields. The UNAVCO facility offers NSF-sponsored users not only receivers, but a wide array of GPS-oriented services: field support, technical support, training, equipment testing, and data archiving. Since the fields being supported include volcanology and seismology, UNAVCO investigators regularly find themselves in southern California, Turkey, Montserrat, and other geologic hot spots within hours after major quakes or eruptions.

For further information visit the UNAVCO Web site. See " Science snapshots," written by investigators about their research, and details of the equipment purchase.

UNAVCO member institutions

Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
California Institute of Technology
Columbia University
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India
Desert Research Institute
Dionysos Satellite Observatory, Greece
Geological Survey of Canada
Goddard Space Flight Center
Groupe de Recherche en Geodesie Spatiale, France
Harvard University
Harvey Mudd College
Indiana University
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France
Institute of Applied Astronomy, Russia
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russia
Institute of Geodesy and Geodetic Astronomy of the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Institute of Geological Sciences, New Zealand
Institute of Physical Geodesy, Germany
Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russia
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Krasnoyarsk State Technology University, Russia
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Main Astronomical Observatory, Ukraine
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Mexico State University
NOAA/Environmental Research Laboratories
Nordic Volcanological Institute, Iceland
North Carolina State University
Northwestern University
Observatorio Astron—mico de La Plata, Argentina
Ohio State University
Oregon State University
Pasadena City College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rice University
Satellite Geodetic Observatory, Hungary
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Stanford University
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
University of Alaska
University of California at Davis
University of California at Los Angeles
University of California at San Diego
University of California at Santa Cruz
University of Colorado
University of Durham, England
University of Hanover, Germany
University of Hawaii
University of Idaho
University of Lisbon, Portugal
University of Maine
University of Memphis
University of Miami
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of New Brunswick, Canada
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England
University of New South Wales, Australia
University of North Dakota
University of Oregon
Univeristy of Otago, New Zealand
University of South Australia, Australia
University of South Carolina
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Dallas
University of Tokyo, Japan
University of Utah
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Victoria University, New Zealand