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

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Authors: Nathaniel C Miller
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Abstract

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.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Seismology and Earthquake Studies Seismic Waves and Analysis Computational Physics and Python Applications

Publication details

Journal / source
USGS DOI Tool Production Environment
Publication date
4 February 2026