The SeisComP seismological software package

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Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences; GEMPA GmbH (2008): The SeisComP seismological software package. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.2.4.2020.003

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I N R E V I E W : Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences; GEMPA GmbH (2008): The SeisComP seismological software package. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.2.4.2020.003

Abstract

SeisComP is a seismological software for data acquisition, processing, distribution and interactive analysis. The seismological software package has evolved within a decade from pure acquisition modules to a fully featured real-time earthquake monitoring software. The SeedLink protocol for seismic data transmission has been the core of SeisComP from the very beginning. Later additions included simple, purely automatic event detection, location and magnitude determination capabilities. Especially within the development of the 3rd-generation SeisComP, also known as SeisComP3 automatic processing capabilities have been augmented by graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for visualization, rapid event review and quality control.

Communication between the modules is achieved using a dedicated messaging system that allows distributed computing and remote review. For seismological metadata exchange export/import tools to/from QuakeML and FDSN StationXML are available, which also provide convenient interfaces with 3rd-party software. The initial SeisComP3 development took place at GFZ between 2006 and 2008 within the GITEWS project (German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System) and continued with increasing engagement of gempa GmbH, a software company established by the initial development team of the GFZ.

Authors

Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences;GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
GEMPA GmbH;GEMPA GmbH, Potsdam, Germany

Contact

Stollo, Angelo; GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany;
Becker, Jan; GEMPA GmbH, Potsdam, Germany;

Contributors

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung; Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology; Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika; Becker, Jan; Saul, Joachim; Heinloo, Andres; Saurel, Jean-Marie; Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris; Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe; Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives; GNS Science; Geoscience Australia; Stollo, Angelo; Becker, Jan

Keywords

real-time, data, processing, earthquakes, monitoring, fdsn, standards, seismology, C++, python, AGPL, open

GCMD Science Keywords

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