IRIS Consortium

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
FoundedOctober 1984; 40 years ago (1984-10)
Type501(c)(3)
Location
ServicesResearch, Education
Members
290 (2018)
Official languages
English
Key people
Robert Woodward, President; Richard C. Aster, Chair of the Board of Directors
Websitewww.iris.edu

IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology[1]) was a university research consortium dedicated to exploring the Earth's interior through the collection and distribution of seismographic data. IRIS programs contributed to scholarly research, education, earthquake hazard mitigation, and the verification of a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. Support for IRIS came from the National Science Foundation, other federal agencies, universities, and private foundations. IRIS supported five major components:

IRIS maintained a Corporate Office in Washington, D.C.

IRIS's Education and Public Outreach Program offered animations, videos, lessons, software, posters, and fact sheets to help teachers and the general public learn more about seismology and earth science and understand it better. The goal is to get more people interested in careers in geophysics.

IRIS is listed in the Registry of Research Data Repositories re3data.org.[7]

On January 1, 2023, IRIS merged with UNAVCO to form EarthScope Consortium.[8]

  1. ^ "IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  2. ^ "IRIS: Data Management Center". ds.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  3. ^ "Portable Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere | IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  4. ^ "Global Seismographic Network | IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  5. ^ "USArray". www.usarray.org. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  6. ^ "Education and Public Outreach | IRIS". www.iris.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  7. ^ "IRIS Entry in re3data.org". www.re3data.org. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Joining Forces". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.