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RROBSToolkit: A Python API for efficient reformatting and quality assessment of binary waveforms and metadata from USGS rapid-response ocean-bottom seismographs

February 4, 2026

A Python API for efficient reformatting and quality assessment of binary waveforms and metadata from USGS rapid-response ocean-bottom seismographs (RROBS). Primary features: 1. Waveform data: Reads binary waveform data into obspy.Stream objects, providing full ObsPy functionality, including writing to common seismic data formats (e.g., MiniSEED, SEG-Y); 2. Clock corrections: Automatically applies clock corrections when reading data; 3. Horizontal orientations: Determines sensor azimuth from on-board compass data; 4. Instrument responses: Builds obspy.Inventory objects with site metadata and instrument response functions, which can be written to StationXML files; and 5. Metadata access: Provides simple access to instrument metadata, log files, and data inventories as pandas.DataFrame tables.

Publication Year 2026
Title RROBSToolkit: A Python API for efficient reformatting and quality assessment of binary waveforms and metadata from USGS rapid-response ocean-bottom seismographs
DOI 10.5066/P13DCRCJ
Authors Nathaniel C Miller
Product Type Software Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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