EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE ON SOLID EARTH

The European Plate Observing System

EPOS aims at creating a pan-European infrastructure for solid Earth science to support a safe and sustainable society. EPOS will enable innovative multidisciplinary research for a better understanding of the Earth’s physical and chemical processes that control earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, ground instability, tsunami, and all those processes driving tectonics and Earth’s surface dynamics. Through the integration of research infrastructures and data, EPOS will allow scientists to make a step change in developing new geo-hazards and geo-resources concepts and Earth science applications to help address key societal challenges.

HOW EPOS IS EVOLVING

The EPOS Implementation Phase 2015 – 2019

To accomplish the EPOS mission, a long-term integration plan is necessary. The EPOS Implementation Phase builds on the achievements of the successful EPOS Preparatory Phase and will see the 4-year EPOS IP project and the establishment of the EPOS-ERIC legal entity.

The Implementation Project

EPOS IP project implements an operational and sustainable platform of Earth science services.

EPOS-ERIC Legal Entity

By 2018, EPOS is expected to be a legal entity: the EPOS ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium)

EVENTS

EPOS for integrated data provision

Easy-to-find data and data products, tools for visualization, processing and analysis will drive research and science forward

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EPOS for geo-hazards 

EPOS will give scientists, decision makers and the public better access to the latest information for hazard assessment and risk mitigation

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EPOS for geo-resources 

EPOS will simplify and streamline access to multidisciplinary Earth science data, products and services for Geo-resource management

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