Last update: June 19, 2007

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• General seismology

  IASPEI PC Software.

  The IASPEI software is a selection of PC-oriented programs gathered by a IASPEI working group and distributed by the Seismological Society of America (SSA). Presently 6 volumes have been published, each available for 250 US$.

  Contains Lee's data aquisition, processing and analysis package (vol 1), Plotting seismic data (vol. 2), SeisGram & SYN4 (vol. 3), managing bibliographic information (vol. 4), PITSA (vol. 5), SASeis, UpDate & M8 (vol.6).

• Graphics
  

  Convert

  Software to convert one image format to an output file with a different image format. Covers most image formats, but requires installation of ImageMagick.

  WIZMAPII

  Plotting of Earthquake data. Documentation. Language: Visual Basic 3.0. Platform: Windows 95/98 NT. Author: Roger Musson.

• Focal Mechanisms
  

  RAKE

  Plot earthquakes focal mechanisms and stress orientation. Authors: Eleni Louvari and Anastasia Kiratzi.

• Hazard analysis
  

  SeisRisk III

  Seismic hazard analysis from Bender and Perkins, USGS Bulletin 1772, "SEISRISK III: A computer program for Seismic Hazard Estimation" Modifications by Roland LaForge. Other modifications can be found elsewhere. Platforms: DOS, Mac, OS2, VMS.

  SMARTS 2.0

  California Institute of Seismology (CIT) Strong Motion Accelerogram Transfer System (SMARTS) enables users to browse, find, view, plot and compute Fourier and response spectra. Written in QuickBasic. Costs(!): 50 US$ + shipping.

  BAP

  USGS National Strong-Motion Program software to plot and process acceleration time series. Filtering, Fourier and response spectra. Platforms: DOS and source codes

• Site Response
  

  Shake-91

  Computing the seismic response of horizontally layered soil deposits. Written by Schnabel, Lysmer and Seed, 1972 and modified by Idriss and Sun, 1992. Manuals are available from NISEE

• Data viewing
  

  RdSac_x

  Viewing SAC bin files. time-frequency analysis, filters. format conversion to SUDS
  Requires free LabView Run-Time Engine, Platform: Windows. Author: Victorin Toader.

  Viewf

  Viewing PC-SUDS files (.wvm and .dmx).
  Requires free LabView Run-Time Engine. Platform: Windows. Author: Victorin Toader.

• Data processing
  

  DIMAS

  Software for processing and analysis of seismograms. Platform: Windows-3.*, Windows95. Author: Dima Droznin. Contact: Bob Hutt

  SparseNetV2.1

  Signal detection and analysis for small networks. SONOGRAM detector, COASSEIN for network coincidence and COAEBULL for bulletin comparison and statistics. Some explanation can be found in Readme file. Platform: Windows3.xx or Windows 95. Author: Manfred Joswig. IASPEI PC software

• Signal Processing
  

  AGU-Vallen wavelet

  AGU-Vallen Wavelet is a tool which allows to calculate and display the wavelet transform on individual waveforms. Platform: NT 95 98.

• Data Analysis
  

  PEPP Software archives Princeton Earth Physics Project.

  PC recording; seismogram analysis (SWAP), location (LOCO), datahandling programs. Also available by ftp

  PickEv 2000

  Software to visualize, pick and process seismograms and locate local and teleseismic events. Platform: MS-DOS, Windows. Documentation available. Developed by Julien Frechet and Francois Thouvenot (sismalp@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr).

  WSG, Automated workplace (AWP) of seismologist

  Processing of seismic signals and estimating parameters for seismic event hypocetres both from records of a single station and from a group of stations.
  Platform: Windows 95/98/NT. Author: Akimov Andrey Petrovich
  Russian links

  SWIP, Seismic Wave Interpretation Program.

  routine analysis of seismograms. Reads GSE 2.0, miniSEED, ESSTF, UMSS, MSS, DPW and FDL format. Includes english documentation and installation program.
  Platform: MS Windows. Author: Janek Wiszniowski

  EAS (version 2)

  Earthquake Analysis Software (EAS) using the muxed SUDS format. EAS (old version) is still available. Handles also miniSEED and SAC format. Platform: Win95,98,NT. README file. Contact: Yonggyu Ryoo.

  RdFile_x

  Data analysis of SUDS formatted data. include conversion from SUDS to SAC
  Requires free LabView Run-Time Engine, Platform: Windows. Author: Victorin Toader.

  Visual Picker

  Reference manual picking and weighting from seismograms in binary SAC format. Includes also the Wiener filter and automatic picking routines of MannekenPix. Platform: MS-Windows. Author: Freddy Aldersons.

  TSoft

  Interactive and graphical analysis of time series and Earth Tide series. Manual available. Developed at the Royal Belgian Observatory. Contact person: Marc Hendrickx

• Recording and calibration
  

  SAPS v3.0

  Seismological Acquisition and Processing System. PC-DOS based. Data storage SUDS. Details can be found in the manual in MS-WORD. Program available upon request from Lani Oncescu. Authors: Lani Oncescu and Mihaela Rizescu.

  Build your own seismograph station

  by Larry Cochrane. Software and information. From the Public Seismic Network project.

• Data display
  

  WinQuake

  Event Viewing Software for PSN and SAC format data from the Public Seismic Network group.

  Seismic/Eruption

  Visualuisation of seismicity and volcanic activity in space and time. Platform: DOS, Windows. Author: Alan Jones

  Seismic Waves

  Visualisation of wave propagation Platform: Windows. Author: Alan Jones

• Data formats
  

  CONVSEIS v5.0

  Conversion program package for seismological data on PCs. Among others SEGY, SUDS, GSE1.0, GSE2.0. For details read the manual. Authors: Lani Oncescu and Mihaela Rizescu.

  SUDS Support Page

  Seismic Unified Data System (SUDS) a Windows based format for seismic data.

• Macintosh programs
  

  Wiggles 3.2.2

  seismogram viewer/processor using SAC files. Documented. Author: C.J. Ammon.

  Seismologist's calculator

  utility for adding, subtracting times, computing moment tensors, distances and azimuths on a sphere. Author: C.J. Ammon.

• Windows
  

  WinSite Software archive for windows shareware and trialware on the internet.

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