Virtual Electromagnetic Laboratory

In the framework of collaboration of Geophysical Center of RAS, Center for Scientific Research (France), Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and Indian Institute of Technology (India) has begun work Virtual Electromagnetic Laboratory.

 Interactive Data Resource

Space Physics Interactive Data Resource (SPIDR)  is a distributed network of synchronous databases and application servers located in Russia (Moscow, Kamchatka), USA (Boulder), Japan (Nagoya), China (Beijing, South Africa (Garchamstone), Australia (Sydney). The resource allows to choose, visualize and model  data on cosmic weather in the Internet. The system allows integration with numerical models of near-the-earth environment and cosmic weather in real time. Distributedarchitecture of this system in the key factor to reduce waiting time in visualization of multimedia data and fast data delivery on users’ computers for  further processing and analysis.

 GPS. Web Data Visualization of the GPS Stations.

Remote access system to data on the modern movements of the Earth’s crust – is a problem-oriented information system aiming at collection, visualization and provision of data on modern movements of the Earth’s crust. Data are provided for remote users and client applications. Database of information system includes data on velocities of movements of the Earth’s crust, obtained:

  Information on strong earthquakes of the world.

Database contains information on the strongest earthquakes of the world since 1999 and is mainly formed on data of the Geophysical survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences and National Information Center on Earthquakes of the US Geological Survey (NEIC USGS). Internet page includes data on time, location of phenomena, historical information on seismicity of the region, parameters of the mechanism of focus and seismic moment, phase data, wave forms and other information.

 Seismic stations of Russia.

Information on sesmological stations, situated on the territory of Russia as of January 1st, 1990, is presented. Geographical location and technical characteristics of the seismologic stations in operation is given in the database.

 IST4Balt - Information Society Technologies Promotion in Baltic States

The resource is devoted to the project IST4Balt (Information Society Promotion in Baltic States) and contains data obtained during implementation of the project. The work on the project is being done in 2004 – 2007 under financial support of the European Commission.

 TELEBALT - Teleworking as a Tool for Information Society Technologies Programme Promotion to Baltic States TELEBALT

The resource is devoted to the project TELEBALT - Teleworking as a tool for Information Society Technologies Programme Promotion to Baltic States and contains materials obtained during implementation of the project. Project was fulfilled in 2001 – 2003 under financial support of the European Commission.

  The litosphere of marginal and inland seas.

Information Base of the geological, geophysical data and digital models of the lithosphere of the marginal and internal seas – the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan, the Philippine Sea and the Caspian Sea. All available geological and geophysical data for regions being studied are collected. A part of data is digitized.

The base formed contains data on seismology, deep seismic sounding, gravimetry, geothermy, magnetometry, geology, results of the sea geophysical surveys, deap-sea floor drilling, and other data as well. All data have geographic coordinates, supplied with the description of formats and references. Models of the deep structure of the lithosphere of the marginal and inland seas are created on the basis of data complex analysis and interpretation. Models are presented as graphical two- and three-dimensional constructions of maps, sections and schemes, including: maps of geophysical fields and geological-geophysical parameters of the crust and upper mantle; schemes and sections, reflecting location of deep faults, rift structures, volcanic formations, distribution of deep temperatures in the crust and mantle, seismicity and location of mineragenetic zones. Work is carried out on the analysis and interpretation of models, as well as their detailed description. Full range of bibliography is collected. On the server of the Geophysical Center of RAS, free access to the database is provided. The World Wide Web technology is used as an interface to access the data. Communication resource created is an open system, which can be supplied with new data and, correspondingly, with amplified models.

 Seismological compound in the catastrophic movement of the glacier Kolka

Collapse of rocks and ice occurred in the Caucasus from July 14th until September 20th , 2002 in the region of Kazbek from the peak of Dzhimarai-Khokh (data of a researcher of the Institute of Geography, RAS). The catastrophic movement of the glacier Kolka began on September 20th and went on along the valley of the river Genaldon to Karmadon settlement. The Kazbek region of the Big Caucasus, where the glacier’s descending zone is located, belongs, in terms of seismic regime, to one of the seismically dangerous zones of the Caucasus. In seismically active regions, all anomalous phenomena are associated with concrete earthquakes that are considered to be initial cause of them.

In this work proposed, the seismic activity analysis of the Kazbek region in relation to the regional seismicity field of the Caucasus is given. Space and time distribution of seismic events in relation to the peak of Dzhimarai-Khokh is analyzed for all the period of observations from historical times until now. Analogous and digital seismographic records, which registered oscillations records, resulted form the glacier’s movements, were processed, and the results of data processing are presented in the conclusion.

 Strong movements data base (SMDB). Version 3.1.

The Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GS RAS) organizes and carries out continuous teleseismic, regional and local observations of seismic situation at the territory of the Russian Federation. Besides the equipment for registration of the remote and close weak events, tools to take records of strong movements are installed at the stations. Materials of observations of analogous stations (seismographic records) and first copies of the station bulletins are kept at seismic stations or in seismological archives of their head organizations. Records of the most interesting events, from the scientific point of view, are sent to Obninsk, where they are copied and included in the seismologic archive of the Central Experimental Methodical Expedition. Records were scanned for the period of 1968 – 1970 and presented in the Strong Movements Data Base (SMDB), version 3.1. It includes: - Parametric information of signals (seismic events, coordinates of seismic stations, characteristic of recording instruments and waves forms. - Numeric seismographic records ( time series) of the three components of strong movements. - Scanned images of the records of strong movements.

Records were scanned for the period of 1968 – 1970 and presented in the Strong Movements Data Base (SMDB), version 3.1.

It includes:

- Parametric information of signals (seismic events, coordinates of seismic stations, characteristic of recording instruments and waves forms.

- Numeric seismographic records (time series) of the three components of strong movements.

- Scanned images of the records of strong movements.

 Operative earthquakes catalogue

The catalogue contains determinations of earthquakes centers, chosen from the Every Ten-Day Seismological Bulletin, issued by the Central Experimental Methodical Expedition of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Federation in Obninsk. The catalogue covers the period from 01.01.1083 until present time and includes earthquakes that occurred on the territory of Russia with magnitude M >= 4.5 (for the Far East M >= 5.0) and in other countries of Asia and Europe with magnitude M >=5.5. The catalogue and samplings from it by different parameters can be ordered by e-mail or obtained on the GC RAS server in on-line regime after you filled in a special form of request.

  The Integrated Data Base of Satellite Altimetry (IDBSA).

Contents and basic features. Contains time, coordinates and altitudes of the sea surface, calculated from satellite altimetry data; altitudes of the sea waves and speed module of the sea wind, calculated from the front of the reflected impulse. Measurements data are supplemented with the model calculations of a geoid altitudes, average altitude of the sea surface, tides, average dynamic topography, as well as with data on ocean depth and a range of features, characteristic of altimeter work and the state of the underlying surface.

  The System of the automatized processing of satellite, altimetricand geophysical information

Contains coordinates of points; values of the altimetric heights of the mean sea surface, dynamic topography and anomalies of the ocean gravity, obtained from data of different satellites; time series of measurements of the sea surface altitudes from altimetry data; values of the gravimetric altitudes of geoid for the territory of Russia and European countries; average dynamic altitudes of the sea surface from climatic models data; topographic altitudes of the earth surface; values of geoid heights and gravity anomalies, calculated from data of contemporary global models of the gravitation field of the Earth.

Special features are: integration of the numerical and graphical information; possibility to obtain data in intermediate points with the use of interpolation algorithms.

 TELESOL - Telework Solutions for Promotion of EU Cooperation in Business and Research with the Commonwealth of Independent States  

Resource is devoted to the project TELESOL (“Telework Solutions for Promotion of EU Cooperation in Business and Research with the Commonwealth of Independent States”) and contains materials, obtained during implementation of the project. Project was fulfilled in 2002 – 2005 under financial support of the European Commission.

 WISTCIS - New Methods of Working for Information Society Technologies Programme Promotion to Commonwealth of Independent States

Resource is devoted to the project WISTCIS (“New Methods of Working for Information Society Technologies Programme Promotion to Commonwealth of Independent States”) and contains materials, obtained during implementation of the project. Project was fulfilled in 2000 – 2003 under financial support of the European Commission.

Fundamental investigations of the deep sections of the lithosphere across the major structural elements of the Earth in transition zone from the Asian continent to the Pacific ocean was conducted together with Japanese and Chinese scientists within the framework of international project “Geotraverse”, developed in the Geophysical Centre of RAS. In the course of works a large volume of different geological and geophysical data for the whole zone of transition was accumulated. Data were used for creating models of the lithosphere of the Pacific along specific traverses in the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan, and the Philippine Sea. As a result, the information base of geological and geophysical data and numerical models of the lithosphere along three geotraverses of the Pacific ocean (the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan, the Philippine Sea) has been developed and created. The geotraverse length make several thousands of kilometers. The depth is 100 – 200 km.

Besides the deep geological – geophysical sections of the lithosphere and adjacent geological gravimetrical, bathymetrical and magnetic maps, the database includes primary geological and geophysical data, results of bathymetrical measurements, gravimetrical and magnetic surveys, measurements of the thermal flow, deep seismic sounding, tomographic investigations, information on earthquakes and results of studying the fine structure of seismic-focal zone, some data on chemical composition and age of rocks, results of deep sea drilling and dredging.

A free access to this database in the Internet on the site of GC RAS is provided.

Afterwards an optical disk CD-ROM with this database has been prepared.

Catalogue of the Earthquakes of Toktogulskiy region was created on the bases of results of works carried out by the Complex seismological expedition of the United Institute of the Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences for the period of 1957 – 1991. This catalogue is supplemented with reviewed data of other sources for preceding years, starting with 1929 . The catalogue includes data on earthquakes in the area of the Central Tien Shan and Eastern Fergana. Organization of works in this region was connected with projecting and then with functioning of a cascade of hydro-electrical dams, most of which have large water reservoirs. Toktogulskaya dam (170 m) is the highest in this cascade. Region has also particular interest because it encloses epicentral zones of a range of strong earthquakes, Chatkalskoe earthquake of 1946 yr.(M = 7,4) being the most profound.

Catalogue is followed with a detailed description of experiments carried out, including coordinated and technical characteristics of seismic stations, description of methods, used for data interpretation, map of epicenters, etc.

Determinations of the mechanisms of sources for a range of events in 1965 – 1989 are given as a supplement to the catalogue.

Being the result of a unique, prolonged, continuous experiment, this catalogue could be of interest to scientists, who are interested in detailed studies of seismic regime, earthquakes forecast, and also in connections of seismicity with the other natural and artificial processes and phenomena.

 Rapid Earthquake Determination Service
on earthquakes from GS RAS, EMSC, NEIC, USGS.

and emergence of asymmetric impulses before an earthquake: method, software and results.

Degree - Dissemination and Exploitation of GRids in Earth science

European consortium of Earth Sciences presented project DEGREE that unites scientific-investigation institutes, European organizations and enterprises, including different organizations of the Western Europe, Russia and Slovakia. Aim of the project – promotion of GRID culture into different spheres of Earth Sciences and broadening of the use of GRID infrastructure as a platform for cooperation in certain fields of science and industrial sector, and selection of fields, which can get maximal profit from the project.
Tasks:

European Quality Network (EQN) Project

General aim of the project in to combine into one web the previous Leonardo projects, European webs, trade houses, institutes, etc., i.e. those who created and developed licenses, qualification programmes, trainings and case studies, connected with innovations and quality management.

1. Quality criteria: quality criteria has been developed in conference by partners; it includes: quality criteria for the acceptance of new posts in the EC Association of Certification, quality criteria for accreditation of organizations, dealing with personal education and certification of teachers, offered by EC Association of Certification, and quality criteria and testing programmes for certification of courses students, who passes special trainings.
2. EQN Concept: partners developed a whole system of necessary concepts and legal structures in order to start issuing EC certificates. A constituent conference was convened on December 5th, 2006 in Cremce (near Vienna), Austria, in order to create the system of EC Certificates. More than 50 European organizations dealing with personal education, were invited to this conference.
3. System of European Portal of Testing: at present, existing portals of assessment of qualification (having been already used by approximately 2000 students in different educational organizations) are extended to include new requirements of the standard of International Certification Organization ISO17024 (Major requirements for organizations, dealing with certification of the personal). Rules for testing will be improved in particular (identification procedure).
4. Teachers training: all partners are planning to carry out the whole range of events, aimed at improvement of training in European professional skills.

ORGANIC

European programme (Leonardo da Vinci) works with many types of professional education, project ORGANIC being part of it. Project ORGANIC will make an attempt to answer questions on which theoretical knowledge, practical skills, telework experience and expertise an innovation manager must possess.
Development of “Skill card” of innovation manager is in the tasks of ORGANIC. “Skill card” is a range of skills, detailed knowledge, the best cases, experience that a candidate for the post of innovation manager must have.

Major aims of the project.

1. Create a special directory “IPY – 2007” on the server of the World Data Center (WDC), where a user could obtain information on the International Polar Year, as well as data in on-line regime, and also information on where and under which conditions it will be possible to obtain data of the new geophysical stations, created for this project, and materials and results of specialized expeditions and experiments.

2. Organize virtual access to the data on Arctic and Antarctic, accumulated in the World Data Centers on Solar-terrestrial physics, Moscow from year 1957 until present time.

There are two directions of work within the theme “Development of methods of  clasterisation of the large-scale deposits of mineral raw materials in the multidimensional space of geological – geophysical characteristics, having the aim to reveal regularities of deposits formation and situation and forecast of possible zones of new deposits situation” on the programme Department of Earth Sciences-3 “Fundamental problems of geology, conditions of formation and principals of forecast of traditional and new types of large-scale deposits of the strategic types of mineral raw material”. These direction are:
1) development of a model of formation of large and super-large deposits on the basis of synergic models and ideas on a character of a deep fluidal regime of lithosphere and upper mantle and
2) development of a model of deposits clasterization in features space. Possible mechanisms of developing non-stable geo-fluidal-dynamic regimes in tectonosphere, being able to cause anomalous accumulation of ore components, are investigated within the framework of the first direction. Modification of algorithms of clasterization for using them in features space, adaptation of these algorithms to the data base on large and super-large deposits is conducted and the question of solubility and sustainability of solution of clasterization task depending on the number of clasterization objects and a number of features taken into account is investigated within the framework of the second direction.

Project on the Programme of the Department of geology, geophysics, geochemistry and rock sciences of RAS “GEOPHYSICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROCESSES IN INTER-GEI-SPHERE COMMUNICATIONS”

Experience on creating a global distributed system SPIDR, gained by the youth collective of the Computing Centre of the GC RAS, and joint investigations with the company Microsoft in the area of parallel procuring of geophysical data, being used in GRID environment, allow to create GRID knot that do not have analogues not only in Russia but abroad, and to obtain new knowledge and technologies for taking root into growing GRID infrastructure of RAS for the effective solution of computing geophysical tasks and safe storage of large volumes of geophysical data with the ability of controlled remote access.