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Derry Webb prepares a
cart of broadband sensors
for maintenance and
repair in Socorro, NM.
Marcos Alvarez prepares to
install a broadband sensor,
eastern Tibet.
Crew work quickly to
install a station on mount
Erebus, Antarctica.
Bob Greschke and Greg
Chavez work together to
develop new testing procedures,
Socorro, NM.
Bruce Beaudoin in
Tibet, 2003.
Mike Fort sets up a test
on the Q330 work bench,
Socorro, NM.
Noel and Mingmar
Sherpa at station
in Namche Bazaar,
Nepal for experiment
HICLIMB. Photo by
Anne Sheehan.
Pnina Miller conducts a
training session the use of
the Reftek data loggers,
Socorro, NM.
Greg Chavez programs a
broadband station, Paso
Robles, CA.
Jim Fowler installs
an early TA station in
California.
assembly of Transportable Array and Flexible Array equipment.
PASSCAL and AOF efforts are physically integrated
to take advantage of numerous commonalities, and nine
personnel at the PIC are presently supported by a combination
of PASSCAL and EarthScope funding sources. The
Transportable Array Coordinating Office (TACO) is an AOF
group that responsible for logistical and siting support for
Transportable Array field efforts.
The PIC Director, Bruce Beaudoin, manages and reviews the
activities of all NMT PIC staff, organized into six groups.
The Director allocates fiscal and personnel resources on
a daily basis, and coordinates longer-term budgeting and
planning in association with the New Mexico Tech PI (Rick
Aster) and IRIS staff. General PIC activities are coordinated
by IRIS and implemented through the PIC PI, Rick Aster
and Director, Bruce Beaudoin. The PI also acts as the principal
point of contact with and representative of New Mexico
Tech to collaborate with the director in budget, human
resources, construction, student, education and outreach,
employee evaluation, and general administration.
General PIC activities are coordinated by the PASSCAL
Program Manager with assistance from the Deputy Program
Manager and implemented through the PIC PI and Director.
The IRIS PASSCAL Program Manager, Jim Fowler, and
Deputy PASSCAL Program Manager, Marcos Alvarez, are
IRIS employees stationed in Socorro. The Program Manager
is responsible for the PASSCAL Program as well as the
overall IRIS/NMT operation. Marcos Alvarez oversees the
Flexible Array component of the USArray and works with the
Program Manager to optimize the overall instrument pool.
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