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The Station Information System (SIS): A Centralized Repository for Populating, Managing, and Distributing Metadata of the Advanced National Seismic System Stations

2017; Seismological Society of America; Volume: 89; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1785/0220170130

1938-2057

Ellen Yu, Prabha Acharya, Justin Jaramillo, Sue Kientz, Valerie Thomas, Egill Hauksson,

Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Research Article| November 22, 2017 The Station Information System (SIS): A Centralized Repository for Populating, Managing, and Distributing Metadata of the Advanced National Seismic System Stations Ellen Yu; Ellen Yu aCalifornia Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, 1200 E. California Boulevard, MS 252‐21, Pasadena, California 91125‐2100 U.S.A., eyu@gps.caltech.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Prabha Acharya; Prabha Acharya aCalifornia Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, 1200 E. California Boulevard, MS 252‐21, Pasadena, California 91125‐2100 U.S.A., eyu@gps.caltech.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Justin Jaramillo; Justin Jaramillo aCalifornia Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, 1200 E. California Boulevard, MS 252‐21, Pasadena, California 91125‐2100 U.S.A., eyu@gps.caltech.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Sue Kientz; Sue Kientz aCalifornia Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, 1200 E. California Boulevard, MS 252‐21, Pasadena, California 91125‐2100 U.S.A., eyu@gps.caltech.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Valerie Thomas; Valerie Thomas bU.S. Geological Survey, 525 South Wilson Avenue, Pasadena, California 91106‐3212 U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Egill Hauksson Egill Hauksson aCalifornia Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, 1200 E. California Boulevard, MS 252‐21, Pasadena, California 91125‐2100 U.S.A., eyu@gps.caltech.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Ellen Yu aCalifornia Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, 1200 E. California Boulevard, MS 252‐21, Pasadena, California 91125‐2100 U.S.A., eyu@gps.caltech.edu Prabha Acharya aCalifornia Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, 1200 E. California Boulevard, MS 252‐21, Pasadena, California 91125‐2100 U.S.A., eyu@gps.caltech.edu Justin Jaramillo aCalifornia Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, 1200 E. California Boulevard, MS 252‐21, Pasadena, California 91125‐2100 U.S.A., eyu@gps.caltech.edu Sue Kientz aCalifornia Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, 1200 E. California Boulevard, MS 252‐21, Pasadena, California 91125‐2100 U.S.A., eyu@gps.caltech.edu Valerie Thomas bU.S. Geological Survey, 525 South Wilson Avenue, Pasadena, California 91106‐3212 U.S.A. Egill Hauksson aCalifornia Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, 1200 E. California Boulevard, MS 252‐21, Pasadena, California 91125‐2100 U.S.A., eyu@gps.caltech.edu Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 22 Nov 2017 Online Issn: 1938-2057 Print Issn: 0895-0695 © Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2018) 89 (1): 47–55. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220170130 Article history First Online: 22 Nov 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Ellen Yu, Prabha Acharya, Justin Jaramillo, Sue Kientz, Valerie Thomas, Egill Hauksson; The Station Information System (SIS): A Centralized Repository for Populating, Managing, and Distributing Metadata of the Advanced National Seismic System Stations. Seismological Research Letters 2017;; 89 (1): 47–55. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220170130 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search ABSTRACT Creating, maintaining, and archiving accurate station metadata is critical for successful seismic network operations, data discovery, and research. The Station Information System (SIS) is a centralized repository of seismic station equipment inventory, instrument response, and site information of stations operated by regional seismic networks (RSNs) of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS; Filson and Arabasz, 2017). It has a web‐based user interface that enables the creation and manipulation of the corresponding metadata. The system can track the installation, maintenance, and removal of equipment from a site, which often results in the creation of new metadata epochs. SIS also computes the overall response, including gain, of a data channel by combining the responses of the underlying hardware components. SIS distributes this information in standard formats such as Federation of Digital Seismic Networks StationXML and dataless Standard for the Exchange of Earthquake Data. SIS can also be used to manage inventory of field equipment such as power, telemetry, or Global Positioning System antenna, as well as links to other site‐related repositories external to SIS to give the network operator the most complete view of a site and the overall network. This article summarizes the main features in SIS. We present its basic infrastructure, holdings, workflow, and how RSNs retrieve data from it. We also explain the reasoning to pursue one centralized repository and why it supports the goals of SIS and the ANSS. We demonstrate that by providing the ANSS network operator with a comprehensive site view, SIS enables the production of high‐quality metadata, a necessary prerequisite for producing high‐quality seismic data. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.