Amazing-tastic data!

With the second full day of the service done, I've had a chance to look at some samples of the data. We'll need to sort through more, but the samples I've looked at below are some of the cleanest waveforms I've ever seen. I'm very encouraged by these samples, but there's about 380Gb of data to comb through, so I can't get overly excited just yet. 

As for the work, another good day done. Each team got all their stations done, but we did have a bit of an issue with cables. Rob and Brandon's team had one station in which the sensor cable was chewed up a bit, but I don't think any of the severed wires are actually used. We swapped out the cable anyways, just to be safe. Kelly and Simone found 2 stations with severed GPS cables, so they swapped those out. GPS are just for clock corrections, so it shouldn't be too big of a problem, but I'm glad we brought plenty of spares so the stations are in good shape now. This has also given me a chance to think about how we can protect those cables in the future, which is a major goal of this service run. 

Overall, I can't help but think today has been a major win. The data looks fantastic. We found a couple problems, but were easily able to fix things and coming away from it, we will have an improved station design to prevent these failings from occurring in the future. Couple more days out in the desert and we'll be heading back to Austin. Hook 'em!


View of the cable exit part of the station box. The buried fire hose is our new addition to protect the sensor cable.

Brandon at MOJQ with the station box opened and the fire hose before we buried it

Typical view of the field site

Another fantastic view


A panoramic view from the edge of the mountain on the way to MOJQ




Brandon walking back to the truck from MOJQ

A piece of granite with some pretty nice hornblende.


A GPS cable that didn't survive





A teleseismic earthquake in Flores, Indonesia


Zoom of the body wave phases for the Flores event. P and S are pretty clear, but I'll need to consult a travel time table to be sure of the rest.

The Flores event at MOJQ vertical component. This shows the entire body wave train plus the Rayleigh wave.

Several earthquakes recorded on the east component of MOJQ. This is pretty fantastic because horizontals are notoriously noisier than verticals. 
A zoom in of the large event on the east component of MOJQ above.

Me en route to MOJQ - Hook 'em!

Happy little station. Photo: Kelly Olsen
View of a station state of health from the Guralp app GüVü. Photo: Kelly Olsen

 Photo: Kelly Olsen

Simone taking a picture of the station.  Photo: Kelly Olsen

 Photo: Kelly Olsen

 Photo: Kelly Olsen

 Photo: Kelly Olsen

 Photo: Kelly Olsen

 Photo: Kelly Olsen

Photo: Simone Puel
Selfie of Simone and Kelly

Photo: Simone Puel

Photo: Simone Puel

Photo: Simone Puel

Photo: Simone Puel

Photo: Simone Puel

Photo: Simone Puel

Photo: Simone Puel

Photo: Simone Puel

Photo: Simone Puel

Photo: Simone Puel



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