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 Time Corrections in Waveform Files

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SEED format waveform files created since Sep 12/94 have time correction information incorporated into the Data Header records. Note - these are *logged* but not applied.
GSE format files, which have no time correction field, have had these time corrections *applied*. As a consequence, the data start time for some stations may be shifted a number of seconds. (NOTE: stations whose timing is uncertain are flagged with a correction of 999.9 seconds!)
The CNDC maintains an historical record of time corrections in a file in our ftp/exports directory called cnsn_clock_history_DATE (where the DATE reflects last update).

Last modified 2011-03-17 top of page Important notices
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