Conveners: Cliff Thurber and Christine Goulet
Date: October 2, 2018
Location: Kellogg West Conference Center, Pomona, California
SCEC Award: 18118

SUMMARY: The SCEC Community Velocity Models (CVMs) are among the most mature of the SCEC community models, but there is no question they can still be meaningfully refined and improved, and uncertainties better quantified. A 1-day workshop will be held on October 2, 2018 to formulate a plan for continued development and validation of the SCEC Community Velocity Models (CVMs). Key elements of the plan should include:

• Collecting new and/or tapping existing seismic and other datasets that can be used to improve and/or assess the CVMs,
• Developing computational workflows for producing CVM updates and estimated model uncertainties,
• Defining procedures for validating and potentially accepting updated CVMs,
• Identifying sources of funding that can help support CVM development.

Expected outcomes of this workshop will be (1) a set of specific action items for further CVM development and (2) proposal ideas for individuals or coordinated groups that respond to the 2019 SCEC Science Plan.

To promote discussion and due to logistics, the workshop is limited to 25 participants. Limited funds are available for travel support from outside the Los Angeles area, with priority for invited presenters, students, early career scientists. We anticipate participation by scientists with expertise in (1) body-wave, surface wave, and full waveform tomography, (2) model validation, (3) seismic and other data sources, (4) 3D model integration and representation, and (5) high-performance computing. If you (or someone you know) can make significant contributions to this effort, please contact the conveners.

WORKSHOP AGENDA: Below is the tentative agenda.  There will be a small number of overview talks, with the meeting mainly devoted to short lightning talks and plenary discussion sessions.  All presentations, including the lightning talks, should be targeted at the themes of the workshop.  Rather than presenting your most recent work, we are seeking ideas for how to move forward with the CVMs, including broadening and facilitating community involvement, possible sources of new data and funding, software and computational issues, etc.

Presentation slides may be downloaded by clicking the file link next to the presentation title. PLEASE NOTE: Files are the author’s property. They may contain unpublished or preliminary information and should only be used while viewing the talk.

TUESDAY OCTOBER 2, 2018

PARTICIPANTS

*Remote Participants