ObsPy Tutorial

This one day course begins with an overview of the ObsPy package (http://obspy.org) and will introduce its major features and capabilities. Step-by-step, you will learn how to use different parts of ObsPy culminating in exercises that tie together the gained knowledge. Participants are expected to have a basic working knowledge of scientific Python and seismology but no knowledge of ObsPy is required. 

Instructor:

Lion Krischer

Workshop Information

Covered Topics:

• ObsPy: A Python Toolbox for Seismology (lecture)
• Quick Python refresher
• File Formats in Seismology and using them in ObsPy
• Time Handling in ObsPy
• Waveform Data in ObsPy
• Handling Station Metadata
• Handling Event Metadata
• Retrieving Data from the FDSN web services
• Basic ObsPy Exercise combining the gained knowledge
• Advanced Exercise: Event Detection and Magnitude Estimation in an Aftershock Series (if time left) 

Requirements:

• Basic knowledge of scientific Python. Please register for the Python Tutorial if you have no Python experience.
• Laptop with Python 3.x + ObsPy + Jupyter Notebooks installed.
• Basic knowledge of seismology

Registration:

Registration for all tutorials is through the main meeting webpage.  We anticipate offering the Python tutorial during CIG '16 (June 20-22) and seismology tutorials including ObsPy June 23-24. Check back for confirmation of all dates.

Registration confirmations will be sent in late March.