Repository details

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Name of repository
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Additional name(s)
  • IRIS
Repository URL
https://www.iris.edu/hq/
Subject(s)
Description
IRIS offers free and open access to a comprehensive data store of raw geophysical time-series data collected from a large variety of sensors, courtesy of a vast array of US and International scientific networks, including seismometers (permanent and temporary), tilt and strain meters, infrasound, temperature, atmospheric pressure and gravimeters, to support basic research aimed at imaging the Earth's interior. IRIS has merged with UNAVCO to form EarthScope Consortium! https://www.earthscope.org/about/earthscope/ https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100010587
Contact(s)
  • administrative: webmaster@iris.edu
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
  • institutional
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.earthscope.org/about/earthscope/#mission-statement
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Institutions (3)

Institution
EarthScope Consortium Member Institutions
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1984
Institution
IRIS Data Management Center
Additional name(s)
  • IRIS DMC
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1984
Institution
National Science Foundation
Additional name(s)
  • NSF
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (3)

Policy Name
Release of Restricted Data
Policy Name
Guidelines for Preparing Data Management Plans
Policy Name
Expectations regarding real time data

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
CC0
DataLicense
CC

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (2)

Data upload license name
Submitting Data
Data upload license name
Data providers agreement
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Data citation guideline
https://www.earthscope.org/how-to-cite/#citation-howto
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (2)

Type
REST
Url
https://service.iris.edu/
Type
FTP
Url
https://ds.iris.edu/pub/

Alerting services (2)

Type of alerting service
RSS
Type of alerting service
RSS

Remarks

Remarks
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology is covered by Clarivate Data Citation Index. IRIS is a consortium of over 100 US universities dedicated to the operation of science facilities for the acquisition, management, and distribution of seismological data. IRIS programs contribute to scholarly research, education, earthquake hazard mitigation, and the verification of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. IRIS was CTS certified until 2023-12-19.
Entry date
2013-05-02
Last update
2025-03-25
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re3data.org: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology; editing status 2025-03-25; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3X607 last accessed: 2025-04-26