Description: This short course is an introduction into two new StationXML tools intended for seismic network operators and others who need to create and manage seismic metadata. YASMINE (Yet Another Station Metadata INformation Editor) is a tool to build and modify StationXML metadata, developed collaboratively by RESIF (France) and IRIS (USA). The Nominal Response Library (NRL) web service is the next generation of the current NRL, which assembles complete seismic instrument nominal responses in both RESP and StationXML format using simple queries. Software developers who maintain tools that make use of the original NRL should take note of what the new NRL web service offers.
Participants can expect to learn how to use the YASMINE GUI and command line options to create new StationXML metadata and to import and edit existing StationXML. They will also learn how to access the next generation Nominal Response Library, by using the web service to generate individual or bulk downloads of nominal responses or by navigating a browsable web page to find individual nominal responses.
Instructors: Gillian Sharer (IRIS DMC), Rob Casey (IRIS DMC)
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Questions? Contact Gillian Sharer at gillian.sharer@earthscope.org
***IMPORTANT*** If you plan to attend this short course you will likely need to travel to Pittsburgh on Sunday, June 12th.
Description: We have built an open source python package for Earth science applications of GNSS interferometric reflectometry. The goals of this short course would be to show geodesists and seismologists how to use the code using real-world examples (snow accumulation, permafrost, firn density, sea level, lakes/rivers). We support command line users via github and pypi, dockers, and jupyter notebooks. We also have a youtube channel with videos that describe the principles behind GNSS reflectometry along with detailed test cases.
Users will be able to use GNSS-IR to measure snow depth and water levels using GNSS data from global archives. Participants must bring a laptop capable of running gnssrefl software (macOS and linux are supported). A pre-course assignment will include installing and testing the software.
Instructors: Kelly Enloe (UNAVCO), Tim Dittmann (UNAVCO)
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Questions? Contact Tim Dittmann at dittmann@unavco.org
***IMPORTANT*** If you plan to attend this short course you will likely need to travel to Pittsburgh on Sunday, June 12th.
Description: This short course is designed for established and experienced users of GAMIT/GLOBK to refresh their working knowledge of the software, learn about recent developments and evolving best practices, and to have one-on-one tutorials and discussions with the maintainers of the software. Examples of topics to discuss include, but are not limited to, learning about models and tables updated over the last few years; the addition or rewriting of scripts and programs for new capabilities; the use of cluster systems for processing large networks or long time periods; and the upcoming release of ITRF2020 and the intricacies due to the inclusion of defined seasonal terms for the first time.
Participants will ideally be experienced with GAMIT/GLOBK and have questions, examples or future plans related to use of the software which they would like to discuss. We encourage participants to bring along a laptop capable of running GAMIT/GLOBK. The learning goals are to provide an opportunity for formal training, given that it may have been many years since now-established users last had such an opportunity, to ensure that regular users are aware of current best practices, workflows, and recent developments in scripts and programs. We anticipate participants will leave the workshop with an updated understanding of the capabilities of the software and confidence to implement any developments or new approaches to their regular processing strategies.
Instructors: Prof. Tom Herring (MIT, tah@mit.edu), Dr Mike Floyd (MIT, mfloyd@mit.edu)
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Questions? Contact Mike Floyd at mfloyd@mit.edu
Description: The huge increase in data quantity created in the past decade through EarthScope and other programs has made it clear much of the software infrastructure for the field is not capable of efficient handling of larger data sets that are now the norm. To address this problem, we developed Massive Parallel Analysis System for Seismologists (MsPASS). MsPASS is an open-source, community development to facilitate parallel processing workflows that scale from desktops to the largest supercomputers. The system is based on ObsPy, MongoDB and Dask. Use of container technology allows the system to run on HPC or Cloud systems. In this course, we will demonstrate how to deploy the package on a cluster using containers, and how to process a large data set with a parallel workflow. The intended audience includes all the seismologists that handle large data sets in their research.
Learn to use Singularity to pull containers and run applications on the HPC systems.
Understand the basics of data and metadata objects used within MsPASS.
Learn to process large data sets in parallel on HPC systems.
Instructors: Ian Wang (Texas) and Gary Pavlis (Indiana)
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Questions? Contact Ian Wang at iwang@tacc.utexas.edu
Description: IRIS and UNAVCO have begun the transition to identified data usage at their respective data centers. Bring Your Own Identity means that you get to choose your method of login for accessing our data sets. This short course will cover the changes, what this means to you in the user community, and how you can easily use existing software and tools to access data.
An understanding of the requirements regarding user identity and data access; How to log in and register with IRIS and UNAVCO data centers; Understanding how to use a number of well-known tools for accessing data using your data; Knowing how your identity will be used for evidence-based measurements only and how we will protect it.
Instructors: Rob Casey (IRIS), Doug Ertz (UNAVCO), Kelly Enloe (UNAVCO)
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Questions? Contact Rob Casey at rob.casey@iris.edu
Description: Magnetotelluric (MT) methods are used to produce resistivity models of the crust and upper mantle through the recording of geoelectric and geomagnetic field variations at the Earth's surface. Within the last two years, the PASSCAL Instrument Center (PIC) has acquired a pool of long period and wide band MT systems which are available for lending like our traditional pool of seismic instruments. In this short course, PIC engineers and scientists will present these units and show how to use them in the field from deployment to data collection.
This short course is intended for first-time users, early-career scientists, seismologist who are curious about MT methods, as well as more seasoned MT scientists who would like to learn about the PIC pool of MT instruments and how to request and use these community resources.
During this half-day short course, participants will learn about:
- Theoretical aspects of Magnetotellurics methods;
- Instrumentation including digitizers, coils and electrodes;
- Different types of MT systems available at the PIC (wide band and long period), their characteristics and field use;
- Best field practices for successful data collection;
- Software tools and resources available to prepare MT data and metadata for processing and archiving;
Instructors: Maeva Pourpoint (PASSCAL), Akram Mostafanejad (PASSCAL)
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Questions? Contact Akram Mostafanejad at akram@passcal.nmt.edu
