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ORV - Oroville Dam, Oroville, CA, USA

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ORV pier with STS-1s

ORV pier with STS-1s

1992/07/31 18:50:00 - Present

Latitude: 39.5545
Longitude: -121.5004
Elevation: 334.70 meters

ORV vault

ORV vault

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

Location:
Site is located near the Oroville Dam, and is under the auspices of the CA Department of Water Resources.

Geology:
Eocene basalt

Vault/Borehole conditions:
The vault is made of concrete, orientated north/south, and excavated into a hilltop. Approximately 1 meter of backfilled soil covers the top of the vault. The datalogger is located in an adjacent building (90' away) connected by conduits. The seismometers are thermally insulated with 4" of polyurethane foam. The accelerometer is co-located with the datalogger.

Instrumentation:
SensorDataloggerStart DateEnd DateSEED ChannelsLocation
AntennaCurrentQ330HR-GFE2010/03/11PresentVE?00
ClockPhaseQ330HR-GFE2010/03/11PresentLC?,VC?00
ClockQualityQ330HR-GFE2010/03/11PresentLC?,VC?00
InputVoltageQ330HR-GFE2010/03/11PresentVE?00
Kinemetrics FBA ES-T Accel. GFE (2 g max 10 v/g)Q330HR-GFE2010/03/11PresentHN?00
Streckeisen STS-1 VBB Feedback SeismometerQ330HR-GFE2010/03/11PresentBH?,HH?,LH?,VH?00
SystemCurrentQ330HR-GFE2010/03/11PresentVE?00
SystemTemperatureQ330HR-GFE2010/03/11PresentVK?00
VCOValueQ330HR-GFE2010/03/11PresentVC?00

Previous Instrumentation

The ORV site also is home to a continuously operating GPS receiver (ORVB) as part of the BARD network.

Network:
BK (Berkeley Digital Seismic Network)

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

  • 06/15/2004: Changed BH channels sampling rate to 40 Hz.
  • 12/04/1999: Q980 software upgraded to MSHEAR.
  • 07/27/1998: Replaced GOES clock with GPS1 clock.
  • 03/30/1998: Q980 upgraded with 4 GB disk and ethernet card. Warpless baseplates installed.
  • 08/30/1996: GPS antenna and cable installed, along with pressure-temperature sensors.
  • 03/14/1996: Frame-relay telemetry operational.
  • 06/10/1993: The FBA-23 package was reoriented so that the NS component was correctly aligned. Replaced QVI board in Q980. Completed thermal insulation of the STS-1 sensors. From 07/29/92-06/10/93 the NS component was oriented N40W.
  • 07/29/1992: A Streckeisen STS-1 and a Kinemetrics FBA-23 were installed with a Quanterra Q980 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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