Polarization anomalies at various stations


The table below shows the results from polarization analysis of long-period surface waves using the method described by Ekstrom and Busby (SRL, 2008). The horizontal components have been rotated to maximize the correlation between the observed and predicted seismograms for moderate and large earthquakes. The table shows the median (aqua blue) of the rotation angle (the anomaly), as well as the range (navy blue) for the second and third quartiles of the distribution of angles.

The table below gives the channel names and station orientation for the horizontal components, the wave type (Surface-wave or Mantle-wave), a response epoch identifier, the times of the first and last observations used, the total number of observations, and the number of polarization measurements used in the estimate of the sensor orientation. Estimates based on fewer than 5 measurements are less reliable. The orientation anomaly is measured against the reported orientation (Az-1, Az-2). A positive value for the anomaly reflects a counter-clockwise rotation of the sensor compared to the reported value.

Ranked by polarization anomaly

Ascii file with the data

Arrival-angle anomalies
Station Channels T Epoch min time max time Az-1 Az-2 # obs. # used -90- -26 -25- -21 -20- -16 -15- -11 -10- -8 -7- -5 -4- -2 -1- 1 2- 4 5- 7 8- 10 11- 15 16- 20 21- 25 26- 90
KBS-IU LH1-00 LH2-00 S 0001 2010.160 2011.018 359.0 89.0 254 49 x x x x x x x x 3 x x x x x x
KBS-IU LH1-00 LH2-00 S 0002 2011.022 2014.307 359.0 89.0 1700 353 x x x x x x x x 2 x x x x x x
KBS-IU LH1-00 LH2-00 S 0004 2014.358 2018.365 359.0 89.0 1619 290 x x x x x x x x 2 x x x x x x
KBS-IU LH1-10 LH2-10 S 0001 2010.160 2011.018 10.0 100.0 254 14 x x x x x x x x 3 x x x x x x
KBS-IU LH1-10 LH2-10 S 0002 2011.022 2018.365 10.0 100.0 3371 208 x x x x x x x x 3 x x x x x x
KBS-IU LHN-00 LHE-00 S 0001 2009.001 2009.268 0.0 90.0 271 62 x x x x x x x x 3 x x x x x x
KBS-IU LHN-00 LHE-00 S 0002 2009.271 2010.154 359.0 89.0 347 37 x x x x x x x x 3 x x x x x x
KBS-IU LHN-10 LHE-10 S 0001 2009.001 2009.268 10.0 100.0 269 25 x x x x x x x x 2 x x x x x x
KBS-IU LHN-10 LHE-10 S 0002 2009.271 2010.154 10.0 100.0 347 17 x x x x x x x x 3 x x x x x x
KBS-IU LHZ-00 LH2-00 S 0005 2014.311 2014.356 359.0 89.0 52 10 x x x x x x -3 x x x x x x x x
SFJD-IU LH1-00 LH2-00 S 0001 2009.344 2014.045 19.0 109.0 1843 150 x x x x x x -3 x x x x x x x x
SFJD-IU LH1-00 LH2-00 S 0002 2014.049 2016.020 0.0 90.0 830 91 x x x x x x x 0 x x x x x x x
SFJD-IU LH1-00 LH2-00 S 0003 2016.021 2018.365 0.0 90.0 1181 126 x x x x x x x 1 x x x x x x x
SFJD-IU LH1-10 LH2-10 S 0001 2009.344 2014.045 0.0 90.0 1843 192 x x x x x x x 1 x x x x x x x
SFJD-IU LH1-10 LH2-10 S 0002 2014.049 2018.365 0.0 90.0 2011 222 x x x x x x x 1 x x x x x x x
SFJD-IU LHN-00 LHE-00 S 0002 2009.001 2009.343 19.0 109.0 376 32 x x x x x x -2 x x x x x x x x
SFJD-IU LHN-10 LHE-10 S 0002 2009.001 2009.343 0.0 90.0 376 39 x x x x x x x x 2 x x x x x x