Obsinfo documentation
obsinfo is a system for creating StationXML files including marine seismometer/hydrophone information as simply as possible. The basic file is a subnetwork file, which contains only pertinent deployment information:
Here is a basic subnetwork file with one station.
---
format_version: "1.0"
subnetwork:
operators: [{$ref: "operators/EXAMPLE.operator.yaml"}]
network: {$ref: "networks/EXAMPLE.network.yaml"}
stations:
"BB_1":
start_date: "2015-04-23T10:00:00"
end_date: "2015-05-28T15:37:00"
locations:
"00":
base: {$ref: 'location_bases/EXAMPLE.location_base.yaml'}
configuration: "BUC_DROP"
position: {lon.deg: -32.234, lat.deg: 37.2806, elev.m: -1950}
instrumentation:
base: {$ref: "instrumentation_bases/EXAMPLE.instrumentation_base.yaml"}
configuration: "SN03_pre2012"
datalogger_configuration: "250sps"
processing:
- clock_correction:
drift:
base: {$ref: "timing_bases/EXAMPLE.timing_base.yaml"}
type: 'piecewise_linear'
syncs_instrument_reference:
- ["2015-04-23T11:20:00", "2015-04-23T11:20:00"]
- ["2016-05-27T14:00:00", "2016-05-27T14:00:00.2450"]
You can specify as many stations as you have in
your deployment. The optional processing section
allows you to specify instrument clock drifts.
Please cite as:
Crawford, W., Arean, L., & Goubier, O. (2025). obsinfo - a system for creating FDSN-standard metadata for marine seismology instrumentation (1.0b3). Zenodo. [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15094629](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15094629).