APPENDIX B
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AEL
annualized earthquake losses
AMS
accelerator mass spectrometry
ANSS
Advanced National Seismic System
ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ASCE
American Society of Civil Engineers
ATC
Applied Technology Council
BSE
Basic Safety Earthquake
BSSC
Building Seismic Safety Council
CDMG
California Division of Mines and Geology
CGS
California Geological Survey
CLVD
compensated linear vector dipole
CMT
centroid moment tensor
CTBT
comprehensive test ban treaty
DEM
digital elevation model
DMC
Data Management Center (IRIS)
DOE
Department of Energy
ECHO
Earth Change and Hazard Observatory
EPEDAT
Early Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment Tool
FDSN
Federation of Digital Seismographic Networks
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
GPS
Global Positioning System
GSHAP
Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program
GSN
Global Seismic Network
IBC
International Building Code
IDC
International Data Center
IDNDR
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
IGS
International GPS Service for Geodynamics
ILP
International Lithosphere Project
IMS
International Monitoring System
InSAR
interferometric synthetic aperture radar
IRIS
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
ISC
International Seismological Centre
ISS
International Seismological Summary
IT
information technology
JMA
Japan Meteorological Agency
LARSE
Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment
LIDAR
light detection and ranging
M
moment magnitude
MMI
Modified Mercalli Intensity
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEES
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
NEHRP
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
NEIS
National Earthquake Information Service
NIBS
National Institutes for Building Standards
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSMP
National Strong-Motion Program
OHP
Ocean Hemisphere Project
PASSCAL
Program for the Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere
PBO
Plate Boundary Observatory
PDE
Preliminary Determination of Epicenters
PEER
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research
PGA
peak ground acceleration
PGV
peak ground velocity
PHIVOLCS
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
PSHA
probabilistic seismic hazard analysis
RAMP
Rapid Array Mobilization Program
Sa
spectral acceleration
SAFOD
San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth
SCEC
Southern California Earthquake Center
SCIGN
Southern California Integrated GPS Network
SHA
seismic hazard analysis
SLR
Satellite Laser Ranging
SRTM
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
Sv
spectral velocity