Networking activities

Five work packages within SERA are dedicated towards networking activities. The aim is to pool know-how and create frameworks for facilitating exchange among professionals and researchers from different fields.

Work packages

WP 3 Networking Seismo@school outreach programs (NA1)

WP 4 Expanding access to the European seismic monitoring infrastructure (NA2)

WP 5 Networking Deep Seismic Sounding data and products (NA3)

In brief	Deep seismic sounding profiles record signals which have traversed the deeper Earth, typically the lower crust and upper mantle. To achieve the required depth of penetration, long profiles and large controlled sources (explosions) are required which make such experiments expensive and time-consuming. Therefore, new and older data is of great scientific importance, especially as modern analysis tools allow increasingly refined interpretations. This work package will therefore create a database including all DSS data collected within the EU since the late 70’s.
Lead	UU
Participants	CSIC, UiB
Contact	Roland Roberts
Tasks	Task 5.1 Mapping of data availability and establishing the core community Task 5.2 Engaging the broader scientific community Task 5.3 Defining concrete common goals and functionalities towards a pre-operational service Task 5.4 Pre-operational service activities
Deliverables	D5.1 Inventory of available DSS databases, including raw and processed data, formats, metadata, products of various level obtained from the raw data, reports and technical documentation of past experiments, availability, access mechanisms [M9] D5.2 Position document of the DSS community on future data accessibility of DSS data [M12] D5.3 Scientific roadmap for the active and passive seismological community [M24] D5.4 Feasibility assessment for the establishment of a DSS access service as part of the EPOS framework, covering technical, integration, organization, governance and financial aspects [M24] D5.5 Validation of pre-operational access phase to selected DSS datasets and products [M36]

WP 6 Networking experimental seismic engineering databases (SERIES) (NA4)

In brief	Web-based tools are an emerging trend to manage and share results with the scientific community, decision-makers and the general public. Yet, collaborations in earthquake engineering lack a common interoperability framework with SERIES representing the most significant effort in Europe towards the interoperability of experimental data. Moreover, there exists a necessity to increase the interaction within adjacent scientific disciplines, such as seismology, which may be more advanced in the global sharing of their data and results (e.g. EPOS), but have so far not interfaced their data structure with earthquake engineering. Therefore, this work package aims to design a roadmap for integration of earthquake engineering and seismological data and to maintain and expand the SERIES database.
Lead	JRC
Participants	UPAT, UiB
Contact	Pierre Pegon
Tasks	Task 6.1 Maintenance and expansion of the SERIES database Task 6.2 Roadmap for integration of earthquake engineering and seismological data Task 6.3 Pre-operational service activities
Deliverables	D6.1 Maintenance of the SERIES database [M36] D6.2 Expansion of the SERIES database [M18] D6.3 Updated version of SERIES database [M18] D6.4 Review of current SERIES and EPOS databases [M12] D6.5 Roadmap for the integration of data banks and access services from the earthquake engineering (SERIES) and seismology (EPOS) research infrastructures [M24] D6.6 Validation of pre-operational access phase to selected SERIES datasets [M36]

WP 7 Networking databases of site and station characterization (NA5)

In brief	The site characterization of rock and soil properties is a need shared by various applications in seismology and geotechnical engineering, ranging from the site characterization of seismic stations, over the calibration of strong-motion records for the assessment of attenuation relationships, to the assessment of local site amplifications for realistic shaking estimates, and for site-specific hazard assessment for critical infrastructures, and the soil classification for building code applications. Still, there is no common way to exchange data and calibrations across the different disciplines. Therefore, this work package aims at proposing a reliable and efficient European framework for site characterization.
Lead	CNRS
Participants	ETH, AUTH, INGV
Contact	Cécile Cornou
Tasks	Task 7.1 Networking the European site characterization community Task 7.2 Best practice and site characterization quality assessment Task 7.3 Road map for strong motion site characterization in Europe Task 7.4 Towards improvement of site characterization indicators Task 7.5 Pre-operational service activities
Deliverables	D7.1 Standard for site condition metadata [M18] D7.2 Best practice and quality assessment guideline for site characterization at rock and soft sites [M24] D7.3 European strong ground motion characterization road map [M24] D7.4 Improved site characterization indicators [M30] D7.5 Validation of pre-operational access phase to selected site and station characterization datasets [M36]