Channel
channel_number |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: None Type: integer Style: number Default: 0 |
Channel number on the data logger. |
1 |
channel_id |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None |
channel id given by the user or data logger |
1001.11 |
component |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: None Type: string Style: controlled vocabulary Default: None |
Name of the component measured, can be uppercase and/or lowercase. For now electric channels should start with an ‘e’ and magnetic channels start with an ‘h’, followed by the component. If there are multiples of the same channel the name could include an integer. {type}{component}{number} –> Ex01. |
T |
measurement_azimuth |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: degrees Type: float Style: number Default: 0.0 |
Horizontal azimuth of the channel in measurement coordinate system spcified in station.orientation.reference_frame. Default reference frame is a geographic right-handed coordinate system with north=0, east=90, vertical=+ downward. |
0 |
measurement_tilt |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: degrees Type: float Style: number Default: 0.0 |
Vertical tilt of the channel in measurement coordinate system specified in station.orientation.reference_frame. Default reference frame is a geographic right-handed coordinate system with north=0, east=90, vertical=+ downward. |
0 |
sample_rate |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: samples per second Type: float Style: number Default: 0.0 |
Digital sample rate |
8 |
translated_azimuth |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: degrees Type: float Style: number Default: None |
Horizontal azimuth of the channel in translated coordinate system, this should only be used for derived product. For instance if you collected your data in geomagnetic coordinates and then translated them to geographic coordinates you would set measurement_azimuth=0, translated_azimuth=-12.5 for a declination angle of N12.5E. |
0 |
translated_tilt |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: degrees Type: float Style: number Default: None |
Tilt of channel in translated coordinate system, this should only be used for derived product. For instance if you collected your data using a tripod you would set measurement_tilt=45, translated_tilt=0 for a vertical component. |
0 |
type |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None |
Data type for the channel, should be a descriptive word that a user can understand. |
temperature |
units |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: None Type: string Style: controlled vocabulary Default: None |
Units of the data, should be in SI units and represented as the full name of the unit all lowercase. If a complex unit use ‘per’ and ‘-‘. |
celsius |
data_quality.warnings |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None |
any warnings about the data that should be noted |
periodic pipeline noise |
data_quality.good_from_period |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: float Style: number Default: None |
Data are good for periods larger than this number |
0.01 |
data_quality.good_to_period |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: float Style: number Default: None |
Data are good for periods smaller than this number |
1000 |
data_quality.flag |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: integer Style: number Default: None |
Flag for data quality |
0 |
data_quality.comments |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None |
any comments about the data quality |
0 |
data_quality.rating.method |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None |
The method used to rate the data. |
standard deviation |
data_quality.rating.value |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: None Type: integer Style: number Default: 0 |
A rating from 1-5 where 1 is bad and 5 is good and 0 if unrated. |
4 |
filter.name |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: None Type: string Style: name list Default: [] |
Name of filter applied or to be applied. If more than one filter input as a comma separated list. |
“[counts2mv, lo wpass_magnetic] “ |
filter.applied |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: None Type: boolean Style: name list Default: [] |
Boolean if filter has been applied or not. If more than one filter input as a comma separated list. Needs to be the same length as name or if only one entry is given it is assumed to apply to all filters listed. |
“[True, False]” |
filter.comments |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: name Default: None |
Any comments on filters. |
low pass is not calibrated |
time_period.end |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: None Type: string Style: time Default: 1980-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
End date and time of collection in UTC. |
2020-02-04T16:2 3:45.453670+00: 00 |
time_period.start |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: None Type: string Style: time Default: 1980-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
Start date and time of collection in UTC. |
2020-02-01T09:2 3:45.453670+00: 00 |
sensor.id |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: none |
Instrument ID number can be serial number or a designated ID. |
mt01 |
sensor.manufacturer |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: none |
Who manufactured the instrument. |
mt gurus |
sensor.type |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: none |
Description of the instrument type. |
broadband 32-bit |
sensor.model |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None |
Model version of the instrument. |
falcon5 |
sensor.name |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None |
Standard marketing name of the instrument. |
falcon5 |
fdsn.id |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: alpha numeric Default: None |
Given FDSN archive ID name. |
MT001 |
fdsn.network |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: alpha numeric Default: None |
Given two character FDSN archive network code. |
EM |
fdsn.channel_code |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: alpha numeric Default: None |
Three character FDSN channel code. http://docs.fdsn.org/projects/source- identifiers/en/v1.0/channel-codes.html |
LQN |
fdsn.new_epoch |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: boolean Style: name Default: None |
Boolean telling if a new epoch needs to be created or not. |
False |
fdsn.alternate_code |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None |
Alternate Code |
_INT-NON_FDSN,. UNRESTRICTED,_U S-ALL,_US- MT,_US-MT-TA |
fdsn.alternate_network_code |
Description |
Example |
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Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None |
Alternate Network Code |
_INT-NON_FDSN,. UNRESTRICTED,_U S-ALL,_US- MT,_US-MT-TA |
location.latitude |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: degrees Type: float Style: number Default: 0.0 |
latitude of location in datum specified at survey level |
23.134 |
location.longitude |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: degrees Type: float Style: number Default: 0.0 |
longitude of location in datum specified at survey level |
14.23 |
location.elevation |
Description |
Example |
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Required: True Units: meters Type: float Style: number Default: 0.0 |
elevation of location in datum specified at survey level |
123.4 |
comments
comments
Description
Example
Required: False
Units: None
Type: string
Style: free form
Default: None
Any comments about the channel.
ambient air temperature was chilly, ice on cables