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Strong motion seismometers (accelerometers) usually require data validation in a quiet underground facility (seismic vault), which so far has been at the Pacific Geoscience Center (PGC) in Sidney, BC. Lately, this is done at the MTC. The data are recorded over a period of one week for spectral analysis and instrument sensitivity verification. The intention is to measure the instrument’s noise floor. Comparison to seismic data from another instrument that is co-located in the seismic vault and owned by NRCAN/CHIS ensures the data quality of the tested instrument. Once these tests are done, the instrument is transferred to ONC’s Marine Technology Center (MTC) to be connected to the Data Acquisition Framework (DAF) testing environment in Oceans 2.0, ONC’s integrated data management system. In this step, the derived parameters that are essential input to the EEWS Software suite are verified and compared to existing test data available in Oceans 2.0.
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