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PACP - Pacheco Peak, CA, USA

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View of Pacheco Peak

View of Pacheco Peak

2003/06/19 15:00:00 - Present

Latitude: 37.0080
Longitude: -121.2870
Elevation: 844.00 meters

STS-2 & Episensor in PACP vault

STS-2 & Episensor in PACP vault

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

Location:
PACP is installed at Pacheco Peak in south Santa Clara County. The site was established under the auspices of the CA Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and Santa Clara County. The mountain top site has two existing concrete radio vaults and 30 meter antenna towers. Police, fire, and state, and county communication equipment are housed there.

Support for PACP was provided by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services as part of the California Integrated Seismic Network.

Geology:
Miocene Volcanic Andesite

Vault/Borehole conditions:
The PACP vault is a surface installation, constructed on bedrock outcrops on Pacheco Peak. The pier is surrounded by concrete bricks and 4" of insulation. The entire vault is then surrounded and topped by bags of concrete mix.

Instrumentation:
SensorDataloggerStart DateEnd DateSEED ChannelsLocation
AntennaCurrentQ330HR-GFE2010/04/19PresentVE?00
ClockPhaseQ330HR-GFE2010/04/19PresentLC?,VC?00
ClockQualityQ330HR-GFE2010/04/19PresentLC?,VC?00
InputVoltageQ330HR-GFE2010/04/19PresentVE?00
Kinemetrics FBA ES-T Accel. (2 g max 10 v/g)Q330HR-GFE2010/04/19PresentHN?00
Streckeisen STS-2 VBB Tri-Axial SeismometerQ330HR-GFE2010/04/19PresentBH?,HH?,LH?,VH?00
SystemCurrentQ330HR-GFE2010/04/19PresentVE?00
SystemTemperatureQ330HR-GFE2010/04/19PresentVK?00
VCOValueQ330HR-GFE2010/04/19PresentVC?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