Development of a Scientific Infrastructure for the International Research Center Geodynamic Proving Ground in the Bishkek City (IRC-GPG) (Project in progress)(GeoScience)
Organizations who response for the project from Russian/Kirgizian side - International Research
Center Geodynamic Proving Ground in Bishkek , Scientific Station in Bishkek, Institute for
High Temperatures Association, Russian Ac. of Sci.
Principal Investigator(Russia): Professor V.A.Zeigarnik- executive Director IRC-GPG and Head of
Scientific Station in Bishkek, Drs. G.G.Schelochkov; V.D. Bragin , A.V. Zubovich, A.K. Rybin -
leading specialists
Organization who response for the project from US side - The US Civilian Research
and Development Foundation for States of Former Soviet Union (CRDF)
Principal Investigator(USA): Mr. John Modjilevsky
Description:
The project covers a support of the International Research Center Geodynamic Proving Ground in
Bishkek (IGRC) activities, including the development of the IGRC scientific infrastructure and
creation of the Multiuser Geoscience Facility System (MGFS) under IGRC. Existing now infrastructure
of the Center provides successful performance of research complex and organizational works,
including the organization and support KNET, creation and development of GPS network,
electromagnetic and seismological monitoring, deep researches of the Earth's crust and a lot of
other scientific projects which have been already carried out and proceeding at the present via
support of CRDF, NSF, NASA and national budgets of the CIS countries (Russia, Kyrgyzstan,
Kazakhstan).
The basement of IGRC scientific infrastructure is the Kyrgyz Broad-Band Seismic Network (KNET)
and GPS observations network.
Actually KNET has already become the core of multiple-access system for geophysics and geologists of all institutions contributory with IGRC. Created with the support of CRDF and NSF KNET is operated under Consortium IRISs funding since the second half 2001, GPS Network has been supported by NSF (through MIT) and particularly, CRDF and NASA.
The support of the US State Department through CRDF for IGRC has allowed to establish management infrastructure of the Center to ensure the integration of the efforts of the scientists from different countries, especially from USA, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, to carry out studies integrated into Program "Geodynamics of the Tien Shan".
KNET provides data recovery rate at level of 95-97%. These data are trnsmitted to the IRIS Data Management Center in a near real time regime. Such data transfer is an important achievement and, with account for transparence of the material in the Internet Networks, provides a wide access and implementation of that data for the scientific community from USA and other countries. Now more than 450 sites of GPS observations (in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan) are developed and under operation
The audit of the IGRC activities by the CRDF employees in 2001 has shown the Center has ensured effective and responsible using of the awarding funds according to CRDF Award General Conditions. Now-a-day the main task of IGRC activity is the creation of the Multi- Access Geoscience System (MAGS) including scientific, technical and information resources, and also further development scientific infrastructure, including expansion of monitoring system for the crust deformations using GPS technique and radical improvement of the electromagnetic monitoring on the base of the equipment for MT and TDEM measurements. The database obtained by these methods should be created that will be accessible for global scientific community as it is available for KNET data. It will provide favorable conditions for realization of the complex scientific projects, and the greater emphasis will be made on complex data interpretation in connection with a problem of earthquake prediction.
