Guralp Systems Limited
Aquarius+ Technical user's manual
Section Index: 11.1 Data streaming 11.2 Data recording

Chapter 11. Appendix A – Channel names

11.1 Data streaming

The table in this section shows the names and codes of the streamed channels. The first character “x” in miniSEED channel code represents the sample rate. The possible values are shown in the table below:

F

≥ 1000Hz to < 5000Hz

C

≥ 250 Hz to < 1000Hz

H

≥ 80Hz to < 250Hz

B

≥ 10Hz to < 80Hz

M

> 1Hz to < 10Hz

L

≈ 1Hz

V

≈ 0.1Hz

U

≈ 0.01Hz

R

≥ 0.0001 Hz to < 0.001

Sensor

Component

Data streaming

Digital filter mode

Live stream name

Live Stream code

miniSEED channel code

Seismometer (velocity response)

Vertical

Acausal

S1SeisZ

1VELZ0

xHZ

S1SeisZ

1VELZ2

xHZ

Causal

S1SeisZLowLat

1VELZC

xHZ

North

Acausal

S1SeisN

1VELN0

xHN

S1SeisN

1VELN2

xHN

Causal

S1SeisNLowLat

1VELNC

xHN

East

Acausal

S1SeisE

1VELE0

xHE

S1SeisE

1VELE2

xHE

Causal

S1SeisELowLat

1VELEC

xHE

Digital seismic sensor mass position

Vertical

Acausal

S1IntZ

1INTZ0

xMZ

North

Acausal

S1IntN

1INTN0

xMN

East

Acausal

S1IntE

1INTE0

xME

MEMS accelerometer

Vertical

Acausal

S1AccZ

1AXLZ0

xNZ

Causal

S1AccZLowLat

1AXLZC

xNZ

North

Acausal

S1AccN

1AXLN0

xNN

Causal

S1AccNLowLat

1AXLNC

xNN

East

Acausal

S1AccE

1AXLE0

xNE

Causal

S1AccELowLat

1AXLEC

xNE

Magnetometer

Z

Acausal

S1MagZ

1MAGZ0

xFZ

N

Acausal

S1MagN

1MAGN0

xFN

E

Acausal

S1MagE

1MAGE0

xFE

Yaw

Acausal

S1RotYaw

1ROTY0

xYY

Pitch

Acausal

S1RotPitch

1ROTP0

xYP

Roll

Acausal

S1RotRoll

1ROTR0

xYR

Temperature

Sea temperature chain

Acausal

S1TemprSea

1TSEA0

xKO

Sensor temperature

Acausal

S1TemprB

1TMPB0

xKO

Humidity within sensor enclosure

Acausal

S1HumidB

1HUMB0

xIO

Pressure

Within sensor enclosure

Acausal

S1Pressure

1PRSR0

xDI

External sea

Acausal

S1ExtPressure

1PRSR1

xDO

ParoScientific

Acausal

S1APG

1PRSR2

xDU

PLL clock offset

Acausal

S1PLLOffset

1PLL0

xYO

Sensor power

Acausal

S1Power

1PWR0

xE0

Sensor input voltage

Acausal

S1Voltage

1VOLT0

xE1

STA/LTA

STA

Acausal

S1STAZ

1STAZ0

xZ0

LTA

Acausal

S1LTAZ

1LTAZ0

xZ1

Ratio

Acausal

S1RatioZ

1RatZ0

xZ2

11.2 Data recording

Sensor

Component

Data recording

Digital filter mode

Data Record name

miniSEED channel code

Seismometer (velocity response)

Vertical

Acausal

S1SeisZFR

CHZ

North

Acausal

S1SeisNZFR

CHN

East

Acausal

S1SeisEFR

CHE

Digital seismic sensor mass position

Vertical

Acausal

S1IntZFR

MMZ

North

Acausal

S1IntNFR

MMN

East

Acausal

S1IntEFR

MME

Temperature

Sea temperature chain

Acausal

S1TemprSeaFR

LKO

Sensor temperature

Acausal

S1TemprBFR

MKO

Humidity within sensor enclosure

Acausal

S1HumidBFR

MIO

Pressure

Within sensor enclosure

Acausal

S1PresFR

MDI

External sea

Acausal

S1ExtPresFR

MDO

ParoScientific

Acausal

S1APGFR

MDU

PLL clock offset

Acausal

S1PLLOffsetFR

MYO

Sensor power

Acausal

S1PowerFR

LE3

Sensor input voltage

Acausal

S1VoltageFR

ME4

STA/LTA

STA

Acausal

S1STAZFR

LZ0

LTA

Acausal

S1LTAZFR

LZ1

Ratio

Acausal

S1RatioZFR

LZ2