ampid

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | ampid
ColumnName | ampid
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Amplitude identification. Each amplitude is assigned a unique positive integer identifying it. This number is used in the AssocAmO relation along with the origin identifier to link Amp and Origin. This number is used also in the AssocAmM relation along with the magnitude identifier to link Amp and Netmag
Note |
    Range:             ampid > 0

commid

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | commid
ColumnName | commid
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Comment identification. This is a key used to point to free-form comments entered in the Remark relation. These comments store additional information about a tuple in another relation. Within the Remark relation, there may be many tuples with the same commid and different lineno, but the same commid will appear in only one other tuple among the rest of the relations in the database
Note |
    Range:             commid > 0

datetime

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | datetime
ColumnName | datetime
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | The date of associated with information in the record, in true epoch format * In the current real time system, we know the exact amplitude time as well as the window. Therefore, we can set values for the datetime, wstart & duration fields. * In the case where we know only the time of the amplitude but not the window, we set: datetime = [AMPLITUDE TIME] wstart = [AMPLITUDE TIME] duration = 0 * In the case where we do not know the amplitude time nor the window, we set: datetime = NULL wstart = [ORIGIN TIME] duration = NULL
Note |
    Range:		Any valid float. datetime = 0.0 on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00.0000

    Units:		Seconds

sta

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | sta
ColumnName | sta
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Station code. This is the common code-name of a seismic observatory. Generally only three or four characters are used
Note |
    Range:             Any free-format string up to 6 characters

net

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | net
ColumnName | net
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Unique network identifier. This character string is the name of a seismic network
Note |
    Range:             Any free-format string up to 8 characters. If available, use the two character FDSN code for the network

auth

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | auth
ColumnName | auth
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | The auth field specifies the source of the information. This may be a network identifier (FDSN or otherwise), or any other string indicating the source of the information in the record
Note |
    Range:            Any free-format string up to 15 characters

subsource

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | subsource
ColumnName | subsource
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | A second identifier to specify the system or process that derived the data. e.g., the origin's AUTH is CI, but the subsource (the solution) was computed by JIGGLE
Note |
    Range:             Any free-format string up to 8 characters

channel

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | channel
ColumnName | channel
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Channel name
Note |
    Range:             	Any valid channel name, which may be network-specific. Networks using SEED channel names should use the same value for channel and seedchan

channelsrc

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | channelsrc
ColumnName | channelsrc
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Domain for channel. This specifies what naming convention is used for the channel name (i.e. SEED, USGS, etc.)
Note |
    Range:             Any free-format string up to 8 characters long

seedchan

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | seedchan
ColumnName | seedchan
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | SEED channel name. The first character denotes the band code, the second for the instrument code and the third represents the component code
Note |
    Range:		seedchan = {E | S | H | B | M | L | V | U | R} U
    		                   {A | B | D | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | P | R | S | V | T | W} U
    		                   {Z | N | E | A | B | C | T | R | 1 | 2 | 3 | U | V | W}
    		Band code:
    						Sample rate (Hz)	Corner period (sec)
    		E = extremely short period		³ 80			< 10
    		S = short period			³ 10 to < 80		< 10
    		H = high broad band		³ 80			³ 10
    		B = broad band			³ 10 to < 80		³ 10
    		M = mid period			> 1 to < 10
    		L = long period			~ 1
    		V = very long period			~ 0.1
    		U = ultra long period			~ 0.01
    		R = extremely long period		~ 0.001

    		Instrument code:
    		A = tiltmeter			B = creepmeter
    		D = pressure			F = magnetometer
    		G = gravimeter/accelerometer		H = high gain seismometer
    		I = humidity			K = temperature
    		L = low gain seismometer		M = mass position seismometer
    		P = geophone			R = rainfall
    		S = linear strainmeter		V = volumetric strain
    		T = tide meter			W = wind

    		Component code:
    		N = north-south		E = east-west
    		T = transverse		R = radial
    		Z = vertical
    		A, B, C = triaxial
    		1, 2, 3 = orthogonal components but non-traditional orientations
    		U, V, W = optional components

location

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | location
ColumnName | location
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Describes the individual sites on an array station, operated by the same network operator
Note |
    Range:             Any free-format string up to 2 characters long

iphase

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | iphase
ColumnName | iphase
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Reported phase. This eight-character field holds the name initially given to a seismic phase. Standard seismological labels for the types of signals (or phases) are used (e.g., P, PKP, PcP, pP). Both upper and lower case letters are available and should be used when appropriate, for example, pP or PcP
Note |
    Range:            Any free-format string up to 8 characters

amplitude

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | amplitude
ColumnName | amplitude
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Amplitude in appropriate units for type
Note |
    Range:             amplitude > 0.0

amptype

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | amptype
ColumnName | amptype
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Amplitude type
Note |
    Range:		amptype = {WA | WAS | WASF | PGA | PGV | PGD | WAC | WAU | IV2 | SP.3 | SP1.0 | SP3.0 | ML100 | ME100 | EGY | M0}
    		WA = Wood-Anderson photographic
    		WAS = Wood-Anderson synthetic
    		WASF = Wood-Anderson synthetic that has had extra filtering
    		PGA = peak ground acceleration
    		PGV = peak ground velocity
    		PGD = peak ground displacement
    		WAC = Wood-Anderson corrected
    		WAU = Wood-Anderson uncorrected
    		IV2 = integral of velocity squared
    		SP.3 = spectral peak
    		SP1.0 = spectral peak
    		SP3.0 = spectral peak
    		ML100 = local magnitude
    		ME100 = energy magnitude
    		EGY = energy
    		M0 = M0 for moment

units

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | units
ColumnName | units
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Units of amplitude
Note |
    Range:		units = {c | s | mm | cm | m | ms | mss | cms | cmss | mms | mmss | mc | nm | e | cmcms | dycm | none}
    		c = counts
    		s = seconds
    		mm = millimeters
    		cm = centimeters
    		m = meters
    		ms = meters per second
    		mss = meters per second per second
    		cms = centimeters per second
    		cmss = centimeters per second per second
    		mms = millimeters per second
    		mmss = millimeters per second per second
    		mc = microns
    		nm = nanometers
    		e = ergs
    		cmcms = cm^2 * sec
    		dycm = dyne centimeters
    		none = no units

ampmeas

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | ampmeas
ColumnName | ampmeas
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Amplitude measure
Note |
    Range:		ampmeas = {0 | 1}
    		0 = peak-to-peak
    		1 = zero-to-peak

eramp

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | eramp
ColumnName | eramp
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Uncertainty in amplitude measurement
Note |
    Range:             eramp >= 0.0

flagamp

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | flagamp
ColumnName | flagamp
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | This attribute is a flag to indicate whether amplitude is over P packet, S packet, entire waveform, etc
Note |
    Range:            flagamp = {SUR | P | S | ALL}
                           SUR = surface wave
                           P = P packet
                           S = S packet
                           ALL = entire waveform

per

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | per
ColumnName | per
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Signal period. This attribute is the period of the signal described by the amplitude record
Note |
    Range:		per > 0.0

    Units:		Seconds

snr

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | snr
ColumnName | snr
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Signal-to-noise ratio. This is an estimate of the signal relative to that of the noise immediately preceding it
Note |
    Range:             snr > 0.0

tau

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | tau
ColumnName | tau
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Coda duration (F-P time)
Note |
    Range:		tau > 0.0

    Units:		Seconds

quality

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | quality
ColumnName | quality
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | This attribute describes the completeness of the time window of data. A complete time window is 1.0, an incomplete time window is 0.0. If an incomplete time window has been human-reviewed and the analyst is confident that the peak amplitude was recorded and properly computed despite the presence of data gaps, the value is set to 0.5 to indicate the window contains data gaps, but is usable
Note |
    Range:             0.0 <= quality <= 1.0

rflag

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | rflag
ColumnName | rflag
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | This flag describes whether an observation was generated automatically, by a human, or has been finalized
Note |
    Range:		rflag = {A | H | F}
    		A = automatic
    		H = reviewed by human
    		F = finalized

cflag

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | cflag
ColumnName | cflag
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | This flag indicates whether the amplitude value is below noise, on scale or clipped
Note |
    Range:             cflag in { BN | OS | CL}
                            BN = below noise
                            OS = on scale
                            CL = clipped

wstart

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | wstart
ColumnName | wstart
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Start of time window of amplitude measurement * In the current real time system, we know the exact amplitude time as well as the window. Therefore, we can set values for the datetime, wstart & duration fields. * In the case where we know only the time of the amplitude but not the window, we set: datetime = [AMPLITUDE TIME] wstart = [AMPLITUDE TIME] duration = 0 * In the case where we do not know the amplitude time nor the window, we set: datetime = NULL wstart = [ORIGIN TIME] duration = NULL
Note |
    Range:		Any valid float. wstart = 0.0 on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00.0000

    Units:		Seconds

duration

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | duration
ColumnName | duration
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Duration of amplitude reading * In the current real time system, we know the exact amplitude time as well as the window. Therefore, we can set values for the datetime, wstart & duration fields. * In the case where we know only the time of the amplitude but not the window, we set: datetime = [AMPLITUDE TIME] wstart = [AMPLITUDE TIME] duration = 0 * In the case where we do not know the amplitude time nor the window, we set: datetime = NULL wstart = [ORIGIN TIME] duration = NULL
Note |
    Range:		duration > 0.0

    Units:		Seconds

lddate

Base Object | amp
Attribute Name | lddate
ColumnName | lddate
Logical Rolename |
RoleName |
Definition | Load date. Date and time that the record was created, in Oracle date datatype
Note |
    Range:		Any valid date between January 01, 4712 BC and January 01, 4712 AD

    Units:		 YYYY/MM/DD HH24:MI:SS