Modular Earth Science Infrastructure (MESI)
https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/scientific-infrastructure/research-infrastructure/
Core Data
Identification
Hosting Legal Entity
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Helmholtz Association
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Address:
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Germany
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Location
Telegrafenberg, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, PO: 14473 (Germany)
Structure
Type Of RI
Virtual, Distributed, Mobile
Coordinating Country
Germany
Status
Status
Current Status:
Operational
since 1993
Scientific Description
Mission and objectives
The complexity of System Earth requires an integrated observational strategy and infrastructure which has the potential to record diverse key diagnostic features. Accordingly, this infrastructure must include globally-distributed and technically varied instruments such as specialized Earth observation satellites, seismological instruments, magneto-telluric devices, observatories for the magnetic and gravity field, and analytical facilities. This challenge is met by the Modular Earth Science Infrastructure (MESI) at GFZ that integrates instrumentation and facilities supervised by external committees and is accessible for scientists from other research units and universities free of charge.
RI Keywords
Observatories for the magnetic and gravity field, Earth observation satellites, Modular Earth Science Infrastructure, GFZ, Magneto-telluric devices, MESI, Data repository, Earth observation equipment, Real-time data, TEM, Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), Seismological instruments
Classifications
RI Category
In situ Earth Observatories
Scientific Domain
Earth and Environmental Sciences
ESFRI Domain
Environment
Services
Access to Data Products
Access to Data
MESI delivers data, data products and information especially from the global networks and monitoring instruments to all users either through GFZ-operated data centres, international data centres like the ICSU World Data Centres (WDC) or international services like IGS, ORFEUS, IRIS, etc..
Microscopy/Spectroscopy Services
Equipment
High Resolution Transmission Spectrometer
Software
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Laboratory
Seismic and Magnetotelluric Instrument Pools
For mobile experiments. Provided by GIPP, Geophysical Instrument Pool Potsdam and DEPAS-Land, German instrument pool for amphibian seismology.
Geomagnetic and Geodynamic Observatories
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer
Satellite Systems
Satellite missions: GRACE, TerraSAR, and TANDEM-X, GOCE, Swarm, EnMAP, GRACE-FO Ground segments: Satellite Receiving Station in Ny-Ålesund, Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Station
Temporal Geophysical High-Resolution Arrays
To investigate tectonic key regions (e.g. active and passive continental margins).
Additional Data
Access
Access Type
Virtual, Physical
Access Mode
Wide
Access Webpage
https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/scientific-infrastructure/research-infrastructure/
Users
Users Definition
Individuals
Collaborations
ESFRI
RI is a node of an ESFRI project
Networks
European Plate Observing System (EPOS)