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News Release 10-176
NSF Awards Grant for Continuously Operating Caribbean GPS Natural Hazards Observational Network
COCONet will transform understanding of earthquakes, hurricanes in vulnerable region
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In a pre-earthquake photo, a GPS receiver and antenna sit atop a roof in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Credit: Purdue University/Eric Calais
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COCONet stations will monitor natural hazards throughout the Caribbean region.
Credit: COCOnet/NSF
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Louis Obenson of Haiti's Civil Protection Agency installs GPS equipment in Port-au-Prince.
Credit: Purdue University/Eric Calais
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The seismotectonic context of Earth's Caribbean tectonic plate is shown in this map.
Credit: Purdue University/Eric Calais
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The current GPS-seismic-tide gauge monitoring network in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Credit: Puerto Rico Seismic Network
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