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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 | 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)

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.

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