<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">We are pleased to announce the latest release of the CIG Seismology Web Portal, which provides on-demand simulations of seismic wave propagation. The portal's processor capability has been enhanced to 1012 processors, via the TeraGrid Ranger's Hero queue.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">This new configuration has been tested up to 1004 processors on a global mesh which is capable of resolving waves of the shortest period of 7 seconds. At this resolution, the longest seismogram record length is about 30 minutes.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">We encourage you to try out the CIG Seismology Web Portal at</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 79, 175); "><a href="https://crust.geodynamics.org/portals/seismo/">https://crust.geodynamics.org/portals/seismo/</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">(When prompted to accept the site's security certificate, click "Accept this certificate permanently" or "Accept this certificate temporarily for this session.")</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">First-time users should click the "register" link and then fill out the registration form to create a new account. Returning users can login directly. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">If you have any questions or comments regarding the portal, e-mail us at <a href="mailto:portal@geodynamics.org"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #004faf">portal@geodynamics.org</span></a> . We welcome all feedback (ease of use, wait time, etc.), and especially want to hear how the Seismology portal enhances your research or contributes to any papers or conference posters you may produce.</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><div>Sue Kientz</div><div>---------------------------</div><div>Technical Writer/Web Manager</div><div>Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG)</div><div> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.geodynamics.org/">http://www.geodynamics.org/</a></div><div><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sue@geodynamics.org">sue@geodynamics.org</a></div><div>ofc: (626) 395-1694</div><div>cell: (626) 616-1955</div><div>skype: suekientz</div><div> ~Metaphors Be With You~</div></span></font></div></body></html>