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HOPS - Hopland Field Station, Hopland, CA, USA
- Location:
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HOPS is located at the Hopland
Research and Extension Center of the
University of California Agriculture
and Natural Resources unit, under the auspices of
UC Davis.
- Geology:
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Franciscan Formation
- Vault/Borehole conditions:
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The instruments are located in a steel and
concrete vault benched into a hillside with 2
meters of soil overburden. The vault is oriented
north/south to minimize the effects of solar
heating. The concrete pier is covered with 4" of
insulation on the sides and 8" of insulation on
the top. The datalogger and supporting
equipment are in an adjacent room.
- Instrumentation:
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| Sensor | Datalogger | Start Date | End Date | SEED Channels | Location |
| Battery Voltage | Q935 | 2001/06/01 | Present | UE?,LE? | |
| Internal Temperature | Q935 | 2001/06/01 | Present | UK? | |
| Kinemetrics FBA-23 Accel. (2 g max 1.25 v/g) | Q935 | 1994/10/21 | Present | LL?,BL?,HL? | |
| Motorola MPX201 Pressure | Q935 | 1997/04/29 | Present | LD? | |
| Streckeisen STS-1 VBB Feedback Seismometer | Q935 | 1994/10/21 | Present | UH?,BH?,VH?,LH?,HH? | |
| Streckeisen STS-1 VBB Feedback Seismometer | Q935 | 2001/06/01 | Present | UM? | |
| YSI 44031 Thermistor | Q935 | 1997/04/29 | Present | LK? | |
The HOPS site also is home to a continuously operating
GPS receiver (HOPB) as part of the BARD
network.
- Network:
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BK (Berkeley Digital Seismic Network)
- Operation Notes: (may not be current)
- This section summarizes major changes in equipment or in instrumentation at HOPS.
- 06/15/2004: Changed BH channel sampling from 20 Hz to 40 Hz.
- 11/01/2001: Refurbished STS-1 near-electronics boxes installed.
- 12/15/1999: Q980 software upgraded to MSHEAR.
- 10/15/1998: Replaced FBA-23.
- 01/08/1998: Upgraded Q980 disk to 4 GB. Replaced NS STS-1. Installed warpless baseplates.
- 04/29/1997: Replaced EW STS-1, due to gain problem identified 04/22/1997. Installed barometer/thermometer package.
- 01/23/1997: Q980 software upgraded to newest version of USHEAR, TCP/IP data acquisition initiated.
- 12/18/1995: Replaced Q980 datalogger. Replaced GOES clock with Quanterra GPS clock. Installed frame-relay communication.
- 08/30/1995: Installed GPS monument and Ashtech receiver
- 10/20/1994: A Streckeisen STS-1 and a Kinemetrics FBA-23 were installed with a Quanterra Q980 Datalogger.
- Noise Characteristics:
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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 |
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2001 |
2002 |
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2004 |
2005 |
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- 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.
- Querying the archives
- Requesting data
Help on using these
tools is available.
Copyright 1995-2005, The Regents of the University of California.
Last modified: Wed Jun 25 13:34:08 PDT 2008
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