Channel

channel_number

channel_number	Description	Example
Required: True Units: None Type: integer Style: number Default: 0	Channel number on the data logger.	1

channel_id

channel_id	Description	Example
Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None	channel id given by the user or data logger	1001.11

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

component

component	Description	Example
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

measurement_azimuth	Description	Example
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

measurement_tilt	Description	Example
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

sample_rate	Description	Example
Required: True Units: samples per second Type: float Style: number Default: 0.0	Digital sample rate	8

translated_azimuth

translated_azimuth	Description	Example
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

translated_tilt	Description	Example
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

type	Description	Example
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

units	Description	Example
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

data_quality.warnings	Description	Example
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

data_quality.good_from_period	Description	Example
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

data_quality.good_to_period	Description	Example
Required: False Units: None Type: float Style: number Default: None	Data are good for periods smaller than this number	1000

data_quality.flag

data_quality.flag	Description	Example
Required: False Units: None Type: integer Style: number Default: None	Flag for data quality	0

data_quality.comments

data_quality.comments	Description	Example
Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None	any comments about the data quality	0

data_quality.rating.author

data_quality.rating.author	Description	Example
Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None	Author of who rated the data.	gradstudent ace

data_quality.rating.method

data_quality.rating.method	Description	Example
Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None	The method used to rate the data.	standard deviation

data_quality.rating.value

data_quality.rating.value	Description	Example
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

filter.name	Description	Example
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

filter.applied	Description	Example
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

filter.comments	Description	Example
Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: name Default: None	Any comments on filters.	low pass is not calibrated

time_period.end

time_period.end	Description	Example
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

time_period.start	Description	Example
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

sensor.id	Description	Example
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

sensor.manufacturer	Description	Example
Required: True Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: none	Who manufactured the instrument.	mt gurus

sensor.type

sensor.type	Description	Example
Required: True Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: none	Description of the instrument type.	broadband 32-bit

sensor.model

sensor.model	Description	Example
Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None	Model version of the instrument.	falcon5

sensor.name

sensor.name	Description	Example
Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: free form Default: None	Standard marketing name of the instrument.	falcon5

fdsn.id

fdsn.id	Description	Example
Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: alpha numeric Default: None	Given FDSN archive ID name.	MT001

fdsn.network

fdsn.network	Description	Example
Required: False Units: None Type: string Style: alpha numeric Default: None	Given two character FDSN archive network code.	EM

fdsn.channel_code

fdsn.channel_code	Description	Example
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

fdsn.new_epoch	Description	Example
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

fdsn.alternate_code	Description	Example
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

fdsn.alternate_network_code	Description	Example
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

location.latitude	Description	Example
Required: True Units: degrees Type: float Style: number Default: 0.0	latitude of location in datum specified at survey level	23.134

location.longitude

location.longitude	Description	Example
Required: True Units: degrees Type: float Style: number Default: 0.0	longitude of location in datum specified at survey level	14.23

location.elevation

location.elevation	Description	Example
Required: True Units: meters Type: float Style: number Default: 0.0	elevation of location in datum specified at survey level	123.4