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HOPS - Hopland Field Station, Hopland, CA, USA

Installation of HOPS STS-1

Installation of HOPS STS-1

1994/10/21 02:23:00 - Present

Latitude: 38.9935
Longitude: -123.0723
Elevation: 299.10 meters

STS-1s at HOPS

STS-1s at HOPS

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

Location:
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:
Franciscan Formation

Vault/Borehole conditions:
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:
SensorDataloggerStart DateEnd DateSEED ChannelsLocation
Battery VoltageQ9352001/06/01PresentUE?,LE?
Internal TemperatureQ9352001/06/01PresentUK?
Kinemetrics FBA-23 Accel. (2 g max 1.25 v/g)Q9351994/10/21PresentLL?,BL?,HL?
Motorola MPX201 PressureQ9351997/04/29PresentLD?
Streckeisen STS-1 VBB Feedback SeismometerQ9351994/10/21PresentUH?,BH?,VH?,LH?,HH?
Streckeisen STS-1 VBB Feedback SeismometerQ9352001/06/01PresentUM?
YSI 44031 ThermistorQ9351997/04/29PresentLK?

The HOPS site also is home to a continuously operating GPS receiver (HOPB) 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 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:
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.

BDSN Overview | Map | Table



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