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GASB - Alder Springs, CA, USA

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Construction at GASB

Construction at GASB

2005/09/22 00:00:00 - Present

Latitude: 39.6547
Longitude: -122.7159
Elevation: 1354.80 meters

GASB vault under construction

GASB vault under construction

Location | Geology | Vault Conditions
Instrumentation | Network | Noise Characteristics | Data Availability

Location:
The site is located at Alder Springs, CA, USA.

In addition to the UC Berkeley broadband and strong-motion sensor, this area is home to a short-period sensor operated by the California Department of Water Resources. There is also a nearby weather station

Support for GASB was provided by National Tsunami Hazard Program and the Governor's Office of Emergency Services as part of the California Integrated Seismic Network.

Geology:
TBD

Vault/Borehole conditions:
The instruments are located in a steel and concrete vault benched into a gentle hillside and covered with soil overburden. The concrete pier is covered with 4" of insulation on the sides and 8" of insulation on the top. The datalogger and supporting equipment are in an adjacent room.

Instrumentation:
SensorDataloggerStart DateEnd DateSEED ChannelsLocation
AntennaCurrentQ330HR-GFE2011/06/16PresentVE?00
ClockPhaseQ330HR-GFE2011/06/16PresentLC?,VC?00
ClockQualityQ330HR-GFE2011/06/16PresentLC?,VC?00
InputVoltageQ330HR-GFE2011/06/16PresentVE?00
Kinemetrics FBA ES-T Accel. (2 g max 10 v/g)Q330HR-GFE2011/06/16PresentHN?00
Streckeisen STS-2 VBB Tri-Axial SeismometerQ330HR-GFE2011/06/16PresentBH?,HH?,LH?,VH?00
SystemCurrentQ330HR-GFE2011/06/16PresentVE?00
SystemTemperatureQ330HR-GFE2011/06/16PresentVK?00
VCOValueQ330HR-GFE2011/06/16PresentVC?00

Previous Instrumentation

Network:
BK (Berkeley Digital Seismic Network)

Noise Characteristics:
Network PDF Noise Analysis Plots

Data Availability:
BDSN waveforms and associated metadata are available at the Northern California Earthquake Data Center (NCEDC).

Several tools provide access to SEED format data at the NCEDC, both in terms of querying the archives and allowing data requests.

Help on using these tools is available.

BDSN Overview | Map | Table