Amplitude Check

Investigate daily average (noise) amplitudes at a given frequency for every data channel. The daily average is corrected (levelled) by the median of average values of all stations. These levelled daily average values stay normally within a certain range. Unusual deviations of this value detected in a long term statistics indicate problems with data or metadata. The following table shows automatically detected deviations for three channels (ZNE or Z12), if existing, in color codes: green - OK, yellow - the last day shows unusual deviation, orange - the last week shows unusual deviation, red - the last month shows unusual deviation, gray or white - no (recent) data. The station set is separated in broadband stations (VBB) and short period (SP) stations, investigated at different frequencies. VBB stations show low scatter in the noise data at 0.15 Hz since the signal is dominated by the ocean microseism. For SP stations this frequency is out of scale. Therefore a higher frequency is chosen where the scatter is much larger and the resolution for detecting errors is reduced.

The figures below the table show the individual measurements on the channels. Description see there.

This page is daily updated.

last 365 days, created 11-May-2026

VBB Stations @ 0.15Hz
BQ.BGG BQ.BNS BQ.DREG BQ.HILG
BQ.HOBG BQ.KLL BQ.KOE BQ.NAST
GR.AHRW GR.ASSE GR.BFO GR.BRG
GR.BSEG GR.BUG GR.CLL GR.CLZ
GR.FBRG GR.FUR GR.GEC2 GR.GEC7
GR.GOLD GR.GRA1 GR.GRA2 GR.GRA3
GR.GRA4 GR.GRB1 GR.GRB2 GR.GRB3
GR.GRB5 GR.GRC1 GR.GRC2 GR.GRC3
GR.GRC4 GR.GTTG GR.HAM4 GR.HLGA1
GR.HLGA2 GR.HLGA3 GR.HLGB1 GR.HLGB2
GR.IGAD GR.KAST GR.KBON GR.KHUS
GR.KUDEN GR.LNIZ GR.LUEB GR.MILB2
GR.MOX GR.RETH GR.RETHO GR.SCHI
GR.SKMB GR.TNS GR.UBBA GR.UBR
GR.WERN GR.WET GR.ZARR HS.DREI
HS.ERNH HS.MESS HS.WBA KQ.BIRK
KQ.BUESM KQ.LID KQ.MRLW KQ.NONN
KQ.PEEM LE.BABA LE.BUCH LE.DEGG
LE.ENDD LE.FACH LE.FBB LE.FREU
LE.GALG LE.GLOK LE.GUT LE.KIZ
LE.LAGB LE.OMED LE.PEB LE.SIND
SX.BURZL SX.LANDS SX.NEUB SX.TANN
SX.WIMM TH.ABG1 TH.ANNA TH.BADSA
TH.BARBA TH.BONN TH.CRUX TH.FRAU
TH.GEIDO TH.GERA TH.GLEI TH.GRZ1
TH.HKWD TH.HWTS TH.KAMM TH.LEIB1
TH.MEHR TH.MLFH TH.MODW TH.MORAS
TH.NEUST TH.PLN TH.POSS TH.RANIS
TH.ROHN TH.SCHUL TH.SON TH.SONN
TH.SPAHL TH.THWA TH.TIER TH.VITZ
TH.WARTH TH.ZEITZ TH.ZEU

SP Stations @ 1.00Hz
BQ.BA02 BQ.JUE BQ.LAUG BQ.RODG
GR.DEEL GR.FAHL GR.FSKTD GR.GEA0
GR.GEA1 GR.GEA2 GR.GEA3 GR.GEB1
GR.GEB2 GR.GEB3 GR.GEB4 GR.GEB5
GR.GEC1 GR.GEC3 GR.GEC4 GR.GEC5
GR.GEC6 GR.GED1 GR.GED2 GR.GED3
GR.GED4 GR.GED5 GR.GED6 GR.GED7
GR.GED8 GR.GED9 GR.GOR2 GR.GOR3
GR.GOR5 GR.GOR6 GR.HALO GR.RAST
GR.SEVE GR.SYKE GR.UNDO GR.ZURM
HS.EBSD HS.GODD HS.GWBC HS.GWBD
HS.GWBE HS.GWBF HS.LEEH HS.WBB
HS.WBBU HS.WBED HS.WBFO HS.WBG
HS.WBNH HS.WBRD LE.BIW LE.BODE
LE.BRET LE.DUP LE.FELD LE.HDH
LE.IMS LE.IRRE LE.KOGO LE.LDE
LE.LDO LE.MOER LE.MSS LE.NICK
LE.OPP LE.RHEN LE.RIVT LE.ROTE
LE.ROTT LE.TETT LE.TRIT LE.VOGT
LE.WOER RN.BAVN RN.BKLB RN.BTEZ
RN.BULI RN.HMES RN.IBBE RN.ZER1
SX.GUNZ SX.LEUT SX.MULD SX.ROHR
SX.SCHF SX.TRIB SX.WERD SX.WERN

Colors: no data amplitude ok last day over thresh last week over thresh last month over thresh


The figures below show the levelled average of the last 365 days (x-axis: 0 = one year ago, 364 = yesterday) in color codes, scaled by the individual standard deviation of the measurement series. Bold colors in red and blue indicate large deviations from the average to high or low values, respectively. Gray or pastel shaded colors represent the normal scatter. White means no data computed. The numbers after 'm:' and 's:' in the figure titles are the relative mean and the standard deviation in log10(nm/s), respectively. Please note that the mean and standard deviation is computed after removing the upper and lower 15% of the data to remove the influence of outliers. Maximum color boldness is reached at 10 standard deviations (red for positive, blue for negative amplitudes). The color intensity for log amplitudes below 5.5 standard deviations is reduced by a square function. Similar color patterns at neighbored stations indicate natural undulations in the noise signal.

Color coded deviations VBB

relative amplitudes VBB


Color coded deviations SP

relative amplitudes SP