SED Stations

Station Overview

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legend	Overview at SMELS

Field	Value
Overview Location
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Field	Value
Network
Station Code
Station Description
Latitude (WGS84)
Longitude (WGS84)
Station altitude (CH1903)
running from
...until
Waveform Access

Network	CH
Station Code	SMELS
Station Description	Mels Schulhaus Feldacker, SG
Latitude (WGS84)	47.04646
Longitude (WGS84)	9.4272
Station altitude (CH1903)	489.0
running from	2018-07-17
...until	now
Waveform Access	open

Field	Value
Sensor Types

Sensor Types	Accelerometer

Field	Value
Geological Unit
Site Morphology Class
Site Morphology Description
Ground type EC8
Ground type SIA
Basin Information
Reference

Geological Unit	Alluvium (unconsolidated debris)
Site Morphology Class	T1 T1: flat; T2: slope; T3: ridge and T4: steep ridge; following Pessina and Fiorini (2014) A GIS procedure for fast topographic characterization of seismic recording stations, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 63, p248-258
Site Morphology Description	Fluvial geomorphology: alluvial slope, plain, cone
Ground type EC8	B
Ground type SIA	C
Basin Information	Rhine basin
Reference	Lontsi Agostiny, Hobiger M. & Fäh D., "SITE CHARACTERIZATION REPORT SMELS: Mels (SG), Schulhaus Feldacker", Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich, 2020

Field	Value
Resonance Frequency (Hz)
Uncertainty Factor

Resonance Frequency (Hz)	1.13
Uncertainty Factor	-

Field	Value
Vs 30 (m/s)

Vs 30 (m/s)	404

Field	Value
Location Map
Topography Map
Geology Map

Location Map

Federal Office of Topograpy: National Map 1:25‘000

Topography Map

Federal Office of Topograpy: DHM25: Digital Height Model 1:25000

Geology Map

Federal Office of Topograpy: Geological map of Switzerland 1:500‘000

Sensor locations

Field	Value
Location Code
Opening Date
End Date
Housing Class
Housing Description
sensor depth below station
Distance to Building (m)

Location Code	(none)
Opening Date	17-07-2018
End Date	-
Housing Class	Urban free-field
Housing Description	SED big pot, concrete vault, sensor bolted to the Foundation
sensor depth below station	1.0 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Current Instrumentation

Field	Value
Location code
On date
Off date
Sensor model
Sensor manufacturer
Digitizer model
Digitizer manufacturer
Channels
Stream Noise (last week)

Location code	(none)
On date	17-07-2018 18:00:00
Off date	-
Sensor model	EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer	Kinemetrics
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HGE , HGN , HGZ
Stream Noise (last week)	HGE , HGN , HGZ

Instrumentation History

Field	Value
Location code
On date
Off date
Waveform Access
Sensor model
Sensor manufacturer
Digitizer model
Digitizer manufacturer
Channels

Site Characterization

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CH.SMELS..HG

Obtained from spectral modeling of small earthquakes with constant update.

Top: Fourier amplification with elastic (dashed line) and anelastic (solid line) amplification functions;
Centre: 5% damped response spectra amplification (anelastic);
Bottom: Number of recordings used.

See Edwards et al. (2013), Determination of Site Amplification from Regional Seismicity: Application to the Swiss National Seismic Networks. Seismological Research Letters, 84(4), 611–621.

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Field	Value
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