The data quality analyzer: A quality control program for seismic data

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 96-111

  Ringler, A T ^a   Hagerty, M T ^b,e   Holland, J ^a   Gonzales, A ^c   Gee, L S ^a   Edwards, J D ^d   Wilson, D ^a   Baker, A M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HONEYWELL   (United States)

^d Ed Craft Software Solutions   (United States)

^e Instrumental Software Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Data metrics; Data quality; Seismic Network Performance

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DYNAMIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKES; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CONFIGURATION FILES; DATA METRICS; DATA QUALITY; FUNCTION OF TIME; JAVA APPLICATIONS; OVERALL QUALITY; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; USER COMMUNITIES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BROADBAND DATA; DATA QUALITY; DATABASE; DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DATA; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

ALBUQUERQUE; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920894230     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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