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COCONet

Continuously Operating Caribbean GPS Observational Network (COCONet) was a global positioning system (GPS) observation network that spanned across the Caribbean and the neighboring area[1] It was part of UNAVCO (University Navstar Corporation).[2] UNAVCO and IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) Consortium later merged to create EarthScope Consortium in 2023.[3]

The project was initiated after the devastation of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, which was a 7.0 Mw earthquake.[4] Starting from 2011, UNAVCO built and operated COCONet for the National Science Foundation (NSF). It was a network of continuous GPS meteorology or cGPS/Met sites. Along with the NSF-funded TLALOCNet GPS network in Mexico, the two networks of cGPS-Met instrumentation were available to support research in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.[5]

Function

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The purpose of COCOnet was to:

To accomplish the function of climate modeling and other objectives., the network also had tide gauges in Mexico, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Panama.[5] In terms of atmospheric measurements and related goals, the COCOnet stations were able to assist the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR/COSMIC) as it created continuous estimates of precipitable water vapor.[5]

Stations

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The Cocos Plate.

A notable station is the station on the isolated Isla del Coco (Cocos Island), Costa Rica, in that it is the only GPS station continuously tracking the Cocos Plate, as it passes underneath the Caribbean Plate, at a rate of 78 millimeters (mm) per year.[4][6] Because the island is the only land mass of the Cocos Plate that is above sea level, this was the only place where Cocos Plate motion observations could be measured in this GPS network. A continuous GPS station was built and instrumented on the island in May of 2011. Data from the station show a steady motion of the island at a speed of 90.9±1.5mm/yr. or approximately 90 millimeters a year.

Partnerships

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The following organizations were members of the partnership for the network when it had existed:[7]

Meetings and workshops

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COCOnet had held for workshops. The meetings can help to understand the history of the project: 

The original COCONet project proposal was covered in three workshops:

  • The first one was planned to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico (February 3-4, 2011)
  • The second meeting was to be held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago (June 28-29, 2011) with one of several goals being for Caribbean network operators to address the specifics of choosing existing and new stations.
  • The third COCONet workshop focused primarily on longer-term operations and maintenance for GPS stations installed in the Caribbean, and related issues.[8]

Data centers

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The following were the data centers:[9]

Last publications and workshops

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The last publications and workshops of COCOnet were the following: 

  • Factors Contributing to the 2005-Present, Rapid Rise in Lake Levels, Dominican Republic and Haiti (Hispaniola). It was published in Natural Resources in August 2015[10]
  • The 2012 August 27 Mw7.3 El Salvador earthquake: expression of weak coupling on the Middle America subduction zone. It published in Geophysical Journal International in June 2015.[11]

The last workshop was COCONet - Results, Sustainability, and Capacity Building, which had been held May 3-5, 2016 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "COCONet: Continuously Operating Caribbean GPS Observational Network". coconet.unavco.org. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  2. ^ "COCONet: Continuously Operating Caribbean GPS Observational Network". coconet.unavco.org. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  3. ^ Consortium, EarthScope (2023-10-03). "UNAVCO and IRIS Consortium Join Forces as EarthScope Consortium". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  4. ^ a b Witze, Alexandra (2013-05-01). "A network to track Caribbean hazards". Nature. 497 (7450): 421–422. doi:10.1038/497421a. ISSN 1476-4687.
  5. ^ a b c d 2016COCONetWorkshopReport_final_v2 (unavco.org)
  6. ^ Isla del Coco, on Cocos Plate, converges with Isla de San Andrés, on the Caribbean Plate, at 78mm/yr (scielo.sa.cr)
  7. ^ "COCONet: Continuously Operating Caribbean GPS Observational Network". coconet.unavco.org. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  8. ^ "COCONet: Continuously Operating Caribbean GPS Observational Network". coconet.unavco.org. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  9. ^ "COCONet: Continuously Operating Caribbean GPS Observational Network". coconet.unavco.org. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  10. ^ Factors Contributing to the 2005-Present, Rapid Rise in Lake Levels, Dominican Republic and Haiti (Hispaniola) August 2015 Wright, V. , Hornbach, M. , Mchugh, C. and Mann, P. (2015) Factors Contributing to the 2005-Present, Rapid Rise in Lake Levels, Dominican Republic and Haiti (Hispaniola). Natural Resources, 6, 465-481. https://doi.org/10.4236/nr.2015.68045.
  11. ^ The 2012 August 27 Mw7.3 El Salvador earthquake: expression of weak coupling on the Middle America subduction zone. June 2015 Geirsson, H., LaFemina, P., DeMets, C.,Hernandez, D. A., Mattioli, G. S., Rogers, R., Rodriguez, M., Marroquin, G., & Tenorio, V. (2015). The 2012 August 27 Mw7.3 El Salvador earthquake: expression of weak coupling on the Middle America subduction zone. Geophysical Journal International, 202(3), 1677-1689. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggv244.
  12. ^ Three-dimensional Dynamic Rupture Simulations Across Interacting Faults: The Mw7. 0, 2010, Haiti Earthquake. February 2015 Douilly, R., Aochi, H., Calais, E., & Freed, A. M. (2015). Three-dimensional Dynamic Rupture Simulations Across Interacting Faults: The Mw7. 0, 2010, Haiti Earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011595.
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