YBH - Yreka Blue Horn Mine

We operate broadband and borehole stations under the network code BK. The Berkeley Digital Seismic Network (BDSN) is a regional network of very broadband and strong motion seismic stations designed to monitor regional seismic activity as well as provide high quality data. The Berkeley borehole stations have borehole geophones or other seismic sensors and may have other geophysical instrumentation.

BARD is our GPS network for monitoring crustal deformation across the Pacific-North America plate boundary and in the San Francisco Bay Area for earthquake hazard reduction studies and rapid earthquake emergency response assessment

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Station Name	YBH (YBH2)
In Operation	1993/07/24 01:03:00 - Present
Latitude
Longitude:
Elevation:	1065.7424 meters
Instrumentation	Broadband GPS

Site

Location

Site is located in the Klamath National Forest.

YBH is an auxiliary station used by the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. The STS-2 installed in 2002 supports CTBTO activities.

Network

Berkeley Digital Seismic Network (BK)
Bay Area Regional Deformation Network Network (BARD)

Geology

Metavolcanics

Borehole Conditions

The sensors are located in an abandoned mining adit, approximately 115' from the entrance, on a poured concrete pier. Approximately 75 meters of overburden cover the adit. The seismometers are thermally insulated with 2" of polyurethane foam. The datalogger and supporting equipment are located approximately 50' from the entrance to the adit.

GPS Monument Description

Poured concrete cylinder with steel reinforcement

Plots & Figures

Seismic Station Pictures

Entrance to YBH adit

Typical STS-1 installation replaced by STS-7

GPS Station Daily Timeseries

GPS Station Pictures

YBH2

Instrumentation

Table of Seismic Instrumentation

	Sensor	Datalogger	SEED Channels	Location
Broadband	Streckeisen STS-7 VBB Tri-Axial Seismometer	Q330HR	BH?,HH?,LH?,VH?	00
	Streckeisen STS-2.5 VBB Tri-Axial Seismometer	Q330HR	BH?,HH?,LH?,VH?	50
Accelerometer	Kinemetrics FBA ES-T Accel. USGS (4 g max 5 v/g)	Q330HR	HN?	00
Auxiliary	AntennaCurrent	Q330HR	VE?	00
	ClockPhase	Q330HR	LC?,VC?	00
	ClockQuality	Q330HR	LC?,VC?	00
	InputVoltage	Q330HR	VE?	00
	SystemCurrent	Q330HR	VE?	00
	SystemTemperature	Q330HR	VK?	00
	VCOValue	Q330HR	VC?	00
	CalibrationInput	Q330HR	LC?	EP
	Humidity	Q330HR	LI?	EP
	Pressure	Q330HR	LD?	EP
	Setra Systems Model 270 Barometer	Q330HR	LD?	EP
	Temperature	Q330HR	LK?	EP

GPS Instrumentation

	Receiver	Antenna	Radome	-
GPS	SEPTENTRIO POLARX5	SEPTENTRIO SEPCHOKE_B3E6	SPKE	-

Data & Metadata

Waveforms and associated metadata, and GPS data, are available at the Northern California Earthquake Data Center (NCEDC).

Waveform Data

BK Information Directory, including
- List of station locations
- List of available channels
  - Year/month/day format
  - Year,doy format
- Instrument Response
  - SEED format
  - Simplified Responses

Querying the archives
- SeismiQuery at the NCEDC
Download waveform data

GPS Data

Site log: ybh2.log

Data Type From To
Low-rate raw 3/18/2022 present
Low-rate rinex 3/18/2022 present
High-rate raw 3/18/2022 present
High-rate rinex 3/18/2022 present

Data Type	From	To
Low-rate raw	3/18/2022	present
Low-rate rinex	3/18/2022	present
High-rate raw	3/18/2022	present
High-rate rinex	3/18/2022	present

Data Quality

Noise Analysis

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GPS Data Quality

Completeness

Data completeness is defined both as "Completeness of observations" and "Cycle slips per observation". "Completeness of Obs." is the number of epochs in the final RINEX file normalized to the expected number. This percentage will go down if time is missing from the RINEX file. "Cycle slips per Obs." is the total number of detected cycle slip normalized to the total number of observations in the RINEX file. This number will increase as the receiver loses lock on satellites more frequently.

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Multipath

The effects of multipath on the data are estimated by parameters for L1 and L2 (MP1 and MP2 respectively); see Estey and Meertens (GPS Solutions, 1999) for derivation. The daily value is the RMS of MP1 and MP2 throughout the day and for all satellites. Higher values indicate a greater prevalence and/or strength of multipathing, i.e. objects on the ground are providing multiple reflection pathways from the satellite to antenna.

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Signal-to-Noise Ratio

The Signal-to-Noise ratios are the mean values above the QC elevation mask for L1 and L2 respectively.

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