Background Information
The past twenty years have seen a revolutionary growth in the way we monitor seismic hazard: analog seismographs were replaced by digital instruments that are sensitive over a wide frequency band; the digitization made it possible to group instruments in local, often telemetered networks with centralized archiving of digital waveform data.
Earth does not know about national borders, and seismologists have spearheaded efforts to share their data. The growth of the Internet has made it possible, in principle, to link data centers all over the world. In fact, for some networks, such linkages have already been established, and a mature system of data management has grown in such large data centers as ORFEUS (Europe), Jamstec (Japan) and IRIS/DMC (US).
Scope
This workshop is a major attempt to disseminate the experience and expertise in seismological data management. It is directed at network managers, both in developed and in developing countries. We shall provide training in the application of advanced data base management systems, educate participants on the scientific developments that form the basis of modern seismometry, and give a short introduction to modern methods of analysis possible with the current advanced instrumentation and databases. Participants are encouraged to bring complete metadata and response information from their network from which they will be able to build dataless SEED volumes. Furthermore, participants will be encouraged to bring their own waveform data to be used in the practical exercises. We expect participants to come away from the workshop with all the necessary knowledge to set up and maintain their own database and to link their network to the growing global network for data access.
Participation
In order to keep the workshop efficient, we will only admit a limited number of participants. As we expect a wide interest, the organizers will make a selection of the applicants from the preliminary registrations. In this selection, we will mainly consider seismic network operators or prospective network operators and, if necessary, avoid multiple participation from one institute. We intend to inform each person that has sent a preliminary registration as soon as possible on the possibility to participate.
The focus of this workshop will be networks from the Caribbean, Central American and South American countries. Priority will be given to applications from seismic network operators from this geographical area.
Convening Committee
- Prof. Christa von Hillebrandt, Puerto Rico
- Prof. Diana Comte, Chile
- Prof. Jesus Berrocal, Brazil
- Dr. Tim Ahern, USA
Lecturers
- Rick Benson, IRIS, USA
- Dr. Reinoud Sleeman, ORFEUS, The Netherlands
- Chad Trabant, IRIS, USA
- Professor Göran Ekström, Harvard University, USA
- Professor Ehrhard Wielandt, University of Stuttgart, Germany
- Professor Joachim Wasserman, University of Munich, Germany
Preliminary List of Topics
- Broadband and Intermediate Period Portable Experiments
- Station Siting
- Station Design
- Power
- Communications
- Vault
- Data Handling
- Field Data Conversion to SEED
- Field Quality Control
- Shipping
- Real Time data exchange
- Basic electronics of modern feedback seismometers
- The concept of poles and zeroes to describe instrument responses
- Digitization and finite impulse response filters
- Database fundamentals
- Seismic data exchange formats such as SEED
- Data Quality Control
- Practical Moment Tensor determinations
Pre-Workshop
IRIS/PASSCAL Short Course on Portable Broadband Operations, Preliminary List of Topics
- Broadband and Intermediate Period Portable Experiments
- Station Siting
- Station Design
- Power
- Communications
- Vault
- Data Handling
- Field Data Conversion to SEED
- Field Quality Control
- Shipping
IRIS/GSN Short Course on Installing and Operating a Regional Broadband Seismic Network, Preliminary List of Topics
- Broadband and Intermediate Period Portable Experiments
- Noise surveys
- Infrastructure requirements
- Land use agreement
- Site Design
- Vault design and construction
- Vault designs and tradeoffs
- Power and communications
- Selection of instrumentation (sensors and data acquisition)
- Long period performance, noise and power
- Data Flow and maintenance pathways
- Operations and maintenance
- Depot support
- On site sparing
- Performance goals
Location Details
Information about transportation, currency, food, weather, maps and contacts can be found on the host institution Workshop Support Page.
Technical Requirements
N/A
Sponsors
CERESIS , IRIS Data Management System , IASPEI and Universidade de São Paulo .
Important Dates and Venue
Workshop will be held in São Paulo, Brazil.
