{"id":29354,"date":"2020-05-04T14:17:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T14:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=research_project&#038;p=29354"},"modified":"2020-08-17T15:32:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T15:32:33","slug":"comet","status":"publish","type":"research_project","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/comet\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET)<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/comet\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Centre%20for%20the%20Observation%20and%20Modelling%20of%20Earthquakes,%20volcanoes%20and%20Tectonics%20(COMET)&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/comet\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' 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carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lateral_extent_of_volcanic_interaction_Juliet_Biggs.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Interferogram constructed from satellite data showing the lateral extent of volcanic interaction. \u00a9 Juliet Biggs.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_47547\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lateral_extent_of_volcanic_interaction_Juliet_Biggs-960x960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Lateral extent of volcanic interaction.\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Interferogram constructed from satellite data showing the lateral extent of volcanic interaction. \u00a9 Juliet Biggs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lateral_extent_of_volcanic_interaction_Juliet_Biggs.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Interferogram constructed from satellite data showing the lateral extent of volcanic interaction. \u00a9 Juliet Biggs.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_47547\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kilbride_Bagana_from_Wavovi_Brendan_McCormick.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Bagana volcano pictured from Wavovi, Papua New Guinea. \u00a9 Brendan McCormick Kilbride.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_47547\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kilbride_Bagana_from_Wavovi_Brendan_McCormick-960x960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Kilbride Bagana from Wavovi\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Bagana volcano pictured from Wavovi, Papua New Guinea. \u00a9 Brendan McCormick Kilbride.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kilbride_Bagana_from_Wavovi_Brendan_McCormick.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Bagana volcano pictured from Wavovi, Papua New Guinea. \u00a9 Brendan McCormick Kilbride.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_47547\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Incan_ruins_active_normal_fault_Alex_Copley.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Incan ruins on an active normal fault. \u00a9 Alex Copley.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_47547\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Incan_ruins_active_normal_fault_Alex_Copley-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Incan ruins - active normal fault.\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Incan ruins on an active normal fault. \u00a9 Alex Copley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Incan_ruins_active_normal_fault_Alex_Copley.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Incan ruins on an active normal fault. \u00a9 Alex Copley.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_47547\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">COMET origins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>COMET was founded in 2002, rapidly establishing itself as a world-leading centre for the integrated exploitation of satellite data (Earth observation), ground-based data and geophysical models for research into geohazards. COMET is now a national-scale community with considerable size and impact, which brings together <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/comet.nerc.ac.uk\/whos-who\/\" target=\"_blank\">world-leading scientists <\/a>from the BGS and ten UK universities: Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford, Reading and UCL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BGS work with COMET<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since April 2014, we have been working in partnership with COMET to better understand tectonic processes and hazards. Together, we deliver cutting-edge research on earthquakes and volcanoes as well as hazard monitoring services. The activities of COMET and the BGS are highly synergistic. Over 20 years of research using and developing satellite radar interferometry (InSAR) for measuring deformation, for example, has enabled us to deliver real-time deformation data to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The long-term underpinning Earth observation science and geohazards research that COMET undertakes alongside the BGS benefits the wider community of environmental scientists and provides a flexible platform to respond to natural disasters. By combining data from this service with COMET and BGS expertise, we are able to provide reliable, rapid advice to governments, the scientific community and local partner organisations during a seismic or volcanic crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also work closely with NERC, the <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nceo.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Centre for Earth Observation<\/a> (NCEO) and the <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Space Agency<\/a> (ESA), and many other national and international partners. Our long-term collaborations with partner organisations worldwide also make BGS-COMET uniquely placed to create collaborations with and between developing nations (many on the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) list).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-4421-block_5e7b0d7d9c15e\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested in<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/geodesy\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_ESA_satellite-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"ESA satellite\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_ESA_satellite.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/geodesy\/\">Geodesy and Earth Observation<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We develop and use innovative Earth observation (EO) techniques to characterise and monitor Earth processes that impact lives and livelihoods. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/geodesy\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMET analyses satellite measurements alongside ground-based observations and geophysical models to study earthquakes and volcanoes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29466,"parent":0,"menu_order":59,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"8391,16565,9609,37491,32954,37410","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"tags":[],"region":[13,11,12,10,9,8],"topic":[25],"purpose":[],"area":[16],"challenge":[51],"challenge_topic":[137,142,139,140,141],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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