obspy.io.rg16.core._read_rg16¶

_read_rg16(filename, headonly=False, starttime=None, endtime=None, merge=False, contacts_north=False, details=False, **kwargs)[source]¶

Read Fairfield Nodal’s Receiver Gather File Format version 1.6-1.

Warning

This function should NOT be called directly, it registers via the ObsPy read() function, call this instead.

Parameters:

filename (str, buffer) path to the rg16 file or a file object. headonly (optional, bool) If True don’t read data, only main information contained in the headers of the trace block is read. starttime (optional, UTCDateTime) If not None dont read traces that start before starttime. endtime (optional, UTCDateTime) If not None dont read traces that start after endtime. merge (bool) If True merge contiguous data blocks as they are found. For continuous data files having 100,000+ traces this will create more manageable streams. contacts_north (bool) If this parameter is set to True, it will map the components to Z (1C, 3C), N (3C), and E (3C) as well as correct the polarity for the vertical component. details (bool) If True, all the information contained in the headers is read).

Returns:

An ObsPy Stream object. Frequencies are expressed in hertz and time is expressed in second (except for date).