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JRSC - Jasper Ridge Biol. Preserve, Stanford, CA, USA

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Aerial photograph of Jasper Ridge<br>Courtesy of the JRBP

Aerial photograph of Jasper Ridge
Courtesy of the JRBP

1994/06/30 21:20:00 - Present

Latitude: 37.4037
Longitude: -122.2387
Elevation: 70.50 meters

Typical STS-2 installation

Typical STS-2 installation

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

Location:
The site is located in the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve in Stanford, California. It is the replacement installation for the STAN location and is operated cooperatively with Stanford University.

Geology:
Serpentine

Vault/Borehole conditions:
The vault is located in an east/west adit, 20' in length, constructed for the development of Searsville Dam (circa 1900). The instruments are located in an aluminum pressure tank on a concrete pier. Apporoximately 4 meters of overburden cover the adit. The datalogger and accessory equipment are located in front of the adit.

Instrumentation:
SensorDataloggerStart DateEnd DateSEED ChannelsLocation
Streckeisen STS-2 VBB Tri-Axial SeismometerQ330HR-GFE2010/07/08PresentBH?,HH?,LH?,VH?00
TSA-100S (4 g max 5 v/g)Q330HR-GFE2010/07/08PresentHN?00
AntennaCurrentQ3302004/12/29PresentVE?10
ClockPhaseQ3302004/12/29PresentLC?10
ClockQualityQ3302004/12/29PresentLC?10
Electric Field Dipole (Pb-PbCl or Cu-CuS Anodes)Q3302004/12/29PresentBQ?,LQ?10
InputVoltageQ3302004/12/29PresentVE?10
PacketBufferUsageQ3302008/04/25PresentVP?10
SystemCurrentQ3302004/12/29PresentVE?10
SystemTemperatureQ3302004/12/29PresentVK?10
VCOValueQ3302004/12/29PresentVC?10
BF7Q3302004/12/29PresentBT?,LT?20
ElectroMagnetics Inc. BF4 MagnetometerQ3302004/12/29PresentBT?,LT?20

Previous Instrumentation

Network:
BK (Berkeley Digital Seismic Network)

Operation Notes: (may not be current)
This section summarizes major changes in equipment or in instrumentation at JRSC.

  • 06/15/2004: BH channels sampling rate changed from 20 to 40 Hz.
  • 10/17/2003: FBA-23 removed for repair.
  • 02/16/2000: STS-2 replaced.
  • 12/16/1999: Q680 software upgraded to MSHEAR.
  • 03/18/1999: Q680 upgraded with 4 GB disk and ethernet card. GOES clock replaced with Quanterra GPS cl ock.
  • 11/02/1995: Switched to frame-relay circuit.
  • 06/07/1995: Replaced Q980 with upgraded Q680.
  • 04/07/1995: Replaced Q680 with Q980. Q680 sent to Quanterra for upgrade.
  • 07/01/1994: A Streckeisen STS-2 and a Kinemetrics FBA-23 were installed with a Quanterra Q680 digitizer.

Noise Characteristics:
The figures below are cumulative plots of power spectral density (psd) determined from the broadband channels. In each figure, the vertical component psd is plotted with blue diamonds, the north component psd with red squares, and the east component psd with green circles. The results are presented in the 5 different frequency bands, and the USGS/Albuquerque low noise model is plotted as a dashed line in each. The PSD units are in dB (decibel) relative to 1 (m/s**2)**2/Hz. The current annual plot is updated weekly.

Cumulative PSD results
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
1999 PSD 2000 PSD 2001 PSD 2002 PSD 2003 PSD 2004 PSD 2005 PSD

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.

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