?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=3-9808780-0-7&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fepisodesplatform.eu%2Feprints%2F1486%2F&rft.title=New+Manual+of+Seismological+Observatory+Practice&rft.creator=Bormann%2C+Peter&rft.subject=Method+and+procesing&rft.description=The++New++Manual++of++Seismological++Observatory++Practice++(NMSOP++or++%22the++Manual%22)++is++an+%0Ainitiative++of++the++former++Commission++on++Practice++(CoP)++of++the++International++Association++of+%0ASeismology+and+Physics+of+the+Earth+Interior+(IASPEI).+At+its+meeting+in+conjunction+with+the+%0AIASPEI+General+Assembly+in+Wellington%2C+New+Zealand%2C+January+1994%2C+the+CoP+established+a+%0AWorking+Group+on+the+Manual+of+Seismological+Observatory+Practice.+Peter+Bormann+agreed+%0Ato+chair+the+group.+A+first+concept+for+the+NMSOP+was+put+forward+at+the+General+Assembly+%0Aof+IASPEI%EF%BF%BDs+European+Seismological+Commission+(ESC)+in+Athens%2C+Greece%2C+September+1994+%0A(Bormann%2C++1994).++At++subsequent++meetings++and++through++correspondence%2C++Working++Group++%0Amembers+were+found%2C+willing+to+contribute+major+chapters%2C+topical+sections+or+complementary+%0Aannexes+to+the+Manual.+Over+the+course+of+time+the+original+conception+of+the+organization+of+%0Athe+Manual+evolved%2C+in+response+to+the+material+that+authors+actually+provided.+The+authorship+%0Aitself++changed++as++well%2C++as++some++people++dropped++out++and++replacements++emerged.++This++has+%0Adelayed++the++completion++of++the++NMSOP.++In++support++of++the++NMSOP++the++Manual++Working+%0AGroup++organized++six++open++workshop++sessions++in++conjunction++with++IASPEI++and++ESC+%0Aassemblies%2C+with+oral+and+poster+presentations+as+well+as+Internet+presentations+of+the+Manual+%0Awebsite+under+development.+The+history+of+the+Manual+and+its+forerunners%2C+the+activities+of+%0Athe+Working+Group%2C+as+well+as+the+scope%2C+philosophy+and+expected+outreach+of+the+NMSOP%2C+%0Aare++outlined++in++more++detail++in++Chapter++1.++In++total%2C++40++authors++and++contributors++from++nine+%0Acountries+have+collaborated+in+producing+about+1250+pages+of+new+drafts+(see+list+of+authors+%0Aand+contributors).+These+were+reviewed+extensively+both+within+the+Working+Group+and+by+35+%0Aexternal+reviewers+from+10+countries.+Thus+we+hope+to+have+produced+a+Manual+that+will+be+%0Aconsidered+useful+not+only+for+the+daily+work+of+personnel+at+seismological+observatories+and+%0Acenters+for+data+analysis%2C+but+which+may+also+find+interest+in+a+broader+context+of+education+in+%0AEarth+sciences+and+training+at+universities+and+secondary+schools.&rft.publisher=GeoForschungsZentrum&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Reports&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Bormann%2C+Peter++(2002)+New+Manual+of+Seismological+Observatory+Practice.++Manual.+GeoForschungsZentrum%2C+Potsdam+Germany.+++++&rft.relation=3-9808780-0-7