[iris-bulk] PQLX workshop in Boise Idaho

[IRIS]

Reminder - Registration deadline is March 6th

The IRIS DMS will host a one day PQLX workshop on May 12, 2009 in
Boise Idaho, just prior to the 2009 EarthScope National Meeting.


PQLX (PASSCAL Quick Look eXtended) is open-source software used to
evaluate seismic station performance and data quality (see  http://www.iris.edu/software/pqlx 
  )
. It is intended to give both a general and broad overview of station/
data quality as well as giving the user specific capabilities to
determine when and where data quality issues arise. The software
primarily consists of a server analysis program and client data
visualizer, but also includes data extraction and migration tools.
Given waveform data and instrument response files, the PQLX server
computes trace statistics, Power Spectral Densities (PSD), and
Probability Density Functions (PDF) and writes the results to a MySQL
database for quick access by the client. PQLX is compatible with the
Linux, Mac OSX, and Solaris operating systems. Supported waveform data
formats are Mini-SEED, SAC, SEGY, AH, nano, and DR100; response files
must be in SEED RESP file format.

This full-day workshop will provide a hand-on introduction to all
aspects of the PQLX Seismological Analysis System. Participants are
expected to bring a reasonably powerful laptop, one week to one
month's worth of data for at least three channels qualifying for PSD
analysis (e.g., BH*, LH*, etc.), and response files (format produced
by program rdseed) for each PSD-qualifying channel.

Instructors:

Richard Boaz (Boaz Consultancy)
Tim Ahern (IRIS Data Management Center)

Workshop Information and registration:

http://www.iris.edu/workshops/2009/pqlx/