Award Abstract # 1948994
Collaborative Research: OpenTopography - A cyberinfrastructure facility for advancing geoscience research and education

NSF Org: EAR
Division Of Earth Sciences
Recipient: EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM INC.
Initial Amendment Date: March 25, 2020
Latest Amendment Date: July 24, 2023
Award Number: 1948994
Award Instrument: Continuing Grant
Program Manager: Raleigh Martin
ramartin@nsf.gov
 (703)292-7199
EAR
 Division Of Earth Sciences
GEO
 Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date: May 1, 2020
End Date: April 30, 2026 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $729,930.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $871,239.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2020 = $191,933.00
FY 2021 = $179,043.00

FY 2022 = $358,954.00

FY 2023 = $141,309.00
History of Investigator:
  • Christopher Crosby (Principal Investigator)
    chris.crosby@earthscope.org
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM INC.
1200 NEW YORK AVE NW
WASHINGTON
DC  US  20005-3929
(202)682-2220
Sponsor Congressional District: 00
Primary Place of Performance: UNAVCO, Inc.
6350 Nautilus Dr
Boulder
CO  US  80301-5394
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
02
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): PBBNV32ZW7Q6
Parent UEI: PBBNV32ZW7Q6
NSF Program(s): GEOINFORMATICS
Primary Program Source: 01002021DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
01002122DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT

01002223DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT

01002324DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT

01002324RB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):
Program Element Code(s): 725500
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.050

ABSTRACT

This project will continue support and development of the OpenTopography cyberinfrastructure platform that provides web-based access to high resolution topography from airborne light detection and ranging (lidar), terrestrial laser scanning, radar, and photogrammetry at a range of scales in support of surface Earth process research, training, and education. The availability of high resolution digital topographic data and shallow water bathymetric data has been revolutionary for Earth and environmental sciences and engineering, contributing to the study of Earth surface processes (e.g., earthquakes and volcanos, landslides, riverine sediment transport), vegetation dynamics, and human modification of the Earth's surface. This project will enhance access to data and processing tools that improve efficiency and economic competitiveness, in addition to continuing to facilitate the use of OpenTopography resources in K-12, undergraduate, and graduate STEM education.

The community-focused OpenTopography data facility will continue to grow the amount of high resolution topography data available to the community and expand data access pathways and processing tools, while also strengthening interoperability and ensuring scalability via cloud and high performance computing in order to meet the growing demands of the Earth science research and education community. OpenTopography will also continue its education and training efforts by conducting workshops and training courses along with building supporting tools like computational notebooks and reproducible workflows. These computations and analyses will support academic, educational, and applied use and reuse of the OpenTopography data holdings. Detailed usage metrics will be captured to demonstrate the impact of the resource and return on investment of the data.

This project is jointly funded by the Geoinformatics and the Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics programs in the Division of Earth Sciences.

This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

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Zawacki, Emily E. and Bohon, Wendy and Johnson, Scott and Charlevoix, Donna J. "Exploring TikTok as a promising platform for geoscience communication" Geoscience Communication , v.5 , 2022 https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-5-363-2022 Citation Details

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