Here are some of the articles that have been recently posted to the PASSCAL website:

PH5: Why Another Archival Data Format?

 

           

       The impetus to provide a new data format for archiving stems from the inherent limitations with respect to the use of SEG-Y as a data archiving format, limitations such as: requiring vetted meta-data prior to converting the data into SEG-Y files, un-editable meta-data within the file, and inflexible, static data gathers.

Hold on a minute... I want my data in SEG-Y format

 

All data requests of PH5 format data sets are fulfilled as either SEG-Y or EPIC SEG-Y.

 

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Differences between Flexible Array and EPIC Experiment when archiving

For Flexible Array experiments, the Data Group at EarthScope/EPIC shares responsabilities with the Principal Investigator(s) for the archiving of their data as with EPIC experiments, however instead of the fully processed data in the required format (seed or hdf5) and dataless provided by PI on a EPIC Experiment, The PI and his team in a Flexible Array submit all the raw data and information needed to generate the metadata at EPIC.

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8th annual Polar Technology Conference coming to Vermont in April 2012

The 8th annual Polar Technology Conference will be hosted by EarthScope/EPIC on 3-5 April 2012 at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, Vermont, USA.  Several staff members will be in attendance from both EarthScope (Robert Busby, Kent Anderson, and Katrin Hafner) and EarthScope/EPIC (Paul Carpenter, Jason Hebert, Allan Sauter).

The primary purpose of this conference is to bring together Polar Scientists and Technology Developers in a forum to exchange information on research system operational needs and technology solutions that have been successful in polar environments.  This exchange of knowledge helps to address issues of design, implementation, and deployment for systems that are to achieve their research goals in the Polar Regions.

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Updated Instrument Response for Trillium_120, Trillium_240 (2 Generations) and Taurus

Instrument Response files released from Nanometrics for Trillium 120 and Trillium 240 sensors have been evaluated and updated for Antelope, where they are used to generate dataless and RESP files.

Trillium Releases Updated Response Files for Trillium 120 and 240

Nanometrics Inc., manufacturer of the Trillium series of broadband sensors, has recently updated the response for Trillium models 120 and 240.

EPIC provides these new response files for Antelope in our FTP download area.

A new posting, "Updated Instrument Response for Trillium_120, Trillium_240 (2 Generations) and Taurus", provides information and links to Antelope response files; it is available here.

If you have questions about using these new response files, please contact pmiller [at] passcal [dot] nmt [dot] edu (Pnina Miller) of the Sensor Group.

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