Wednesday, March 31, 2010

what will I be doing anyhow??

The title for my new job is the state seismologist. But what exactly does this mean? A seismologist at an oil company, USGS, and university can do very different things. So here are a few of what my main responsibilities are going to be (along with translations in the () for some of y'all).

  1. Management and Operation of the Earthquake Monitoring Network - 65 stations (all the stations are connect to a network so I can see if they're working on a computer screen, I'm suppose to make sure they're working.)
  2. Undertake routine seismic data analyses (figure out what all the squiggles mean when there is an earthquake and for some past earthquakes)
  3. Maintain Earthquake Data Base on a monthly basis (catalog/list of earthquakes and basic info about them needs to be updated)
  4. Assist in field operations (field work!!! not all those stations have been installed yet)
  5. Assist in extended analyses of all seismic data relevant to earthquake hazard assessment (what's the chance of an earthquake happening in X years)
There was a whole long list of stuff in more detail than this but these are going to be my main tasks.

So what should I talk about next??

2 comments:

  1. Do I get cookies for commenting? :oP

    So. Can you assist in extended analysis of all seismic data relevant to earthquake hazard assessment in San Francisco?

    And why is the font all different? :-P

    You should talk about what you are packing to Australia!

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  2. maybe i'll bring you cookies for you to take on your honeymoon :P

    hmm... maybe one day... i really don't know much about doing hazard assessments at the moment.

    cuz i felt like it :P

    ok!

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