obspy.clients.iris - IRIS web service client for ObsPy¶
The obspy.clients.iris package contains a client for the DMC Web services provided by IRIS (https://service.iris.edu/irisws/).
| copyright: | The ObsPy Development Team (devs@obspy.org) |
|---|---|
| license: | GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 3 (https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html) |
Local Alternatives¶
ObsPy contains local alternatives to some of the calculation tools offered by the IRIS web services. Consider using them when working within ObsPy:
| IRIS Web Service | Equivalent ObsPy Function/Module |
|---|---|
| obspy.clients.iris.client.Client.traveltime() | obspy.taup |
| obspy.clients.iris.client.Client.distaz() | obspy.geodetics |
| obspy.clients.iris.client.Client.flinnengdahl() | obspy.geodetics.flinnengdahl.FlinnEngdahl |
Web service Interfaces¶
Each of the following methods directly wrap a single Web service provided by IRIS (https://service.iris.edu/irisws/):
Request Tools
- evalresp() - evaluates instrument response information stored at the IRIS DMC and outputs ASCII data or Bode Plots.
- resp() - provides access to channel response information in the SEED RESP format (as used by evalresp)
- sacpz() - provides access to instrument response information (per-channel) as poles and zeros in the ASCII format used by SAC and other programs
- timeseries() - fetches segments of seismic data and returns data formatted in either MiniSEED, ASCII or SAC. It can optionally filter the data.
Calculation Tools
- traveltime() - calculates travel-times for seismic phases using a 1-D spherical Earth model.
- distaz() - calculate the distance and azimuth between two points on a sphere.
- flinnengdahl() - converts a latitude, longitude pair into either a Flinn-Engdahl seismic region code or region name.
Please see the documentation for each method for further information and examples to retrieve various data from the IRIS DMC.
Classes & Functions¶
| client.Client | IRIS Web service request client. |