A Software Toolbox for Systematic Evaluation of Seismometer-Digitizer System Responses

Abstract

Measurement of the absolute amplitudes of a seismic signal requires accurate knowledge of the seismometer-digitizer response. When the seismometer and digitizer characteristics are known, deconvolution of the digital system response is relatively straightforward. However, even with a known response, problems in timing and incorrect polarities can often contaminate any calibration parameters derived from these data. When either one or both components of the response for a seismometer system are unknown, the data are often not considered suitable for seismological tasks that require absolute amplitude measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA569438

Entities

People

  • Aaron N. Ferris
  • Jessie L. Bonner
  • Jill M. Franks
  • Michelle Johnson
  • Robert B. Herrmann

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Analog To Digital Converters
  • Background Noise
  • Beta Testing
  • Broadband
  • Earthquakes
  • Explosions
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Ground Based
  • Monitoring
  • Noise
  • North America
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Seismometers
  • Transfer Functions
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Seismology