CME Project

Community Modeling Environment (CME)

The SCEC Community Modeling Environment (CME) Project started in 2001 as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Information Technology Research (ITR) award to PI: Thomas Jordan, Bernard Minster, Carl Kesselman, and Reagan Moore. The CME collaboration applies advanced computer science technology to develop improved seismic hazard analysis. CME researchers develop structural models of California faults and geology, develop and validate rupture physics models, perform large-scale regional wave propagation simulations, collaborate with engineers studying engineering response to ground motions, and integrate computational improvements into probabilistic seismic hazard calculations.

Fig 1: SCEC/CME computational pathways provide a scientific framework for improving seismic ground motion forecasts. The SCEC/CME Project began as an NSF information technology research (ITR) project in 2001. (Image Credit: Thomas H. Jordan)

Main Page

Current project activities are posted on the SCECpedia home page.

• Main_Page

List of Research Topics

The wiki entry provides a list of CME projects previously on the CME home page.

• CME_Project_Pages

See Also

The SCEC/CME is part of the SCEC NSF and USGS funded research center.

• SCEC Home Page

Recent Earthquake Information

An important goal of SCEC earthquake research is to reduce the hazard from future earthquakes by developing physics-based predictive models of earthquake processes.

• USGS Recent California Earthquakes
• USGS Recent Worldwide Earthquakes

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