Intro to Spectral Analysis and Matlab
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Intro to Spectral Analysis and Matlab. Time domain. Seismogram - particle position over time. Amplitude. Time. Frequency domain. Why might frequency be as or more important than amplitude? Filtering signal from noise Understanding earthquake source, propagation effects Ground shaking.
Intro to Spectral Analysis and Matlab
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Time domain • Seismogram - particle position over time Amplitude Time
Frequency domain • Why might frequency be as or more important than amplitude? • Filtering signal from noise • Understanding earthquake source, propagation effects • Ground shaking
Time domain <-> Frequency domain • Possible to mathematically transform from time to frequency domain • Relative importance of the frequencies contained in the time series • Can completely describe the system either way. • Goal of today’s lab • Begin to become familiar with describing seismograms in either time or frequency domains • Will leave out most of the mathematics
To create arbitrary seismogram • Becomes integral in the limit • Fourier Transform • Computer: Fast Fourier Transform - FFT
Sampling Frequency • Digital signals aren’t continuous • Sampled at discrete times • How often to sample? • Big effect on data volume
Aliasing FFT will give wrong frequency
Nyquist frequency • Can only accurately measure frequencies <1/2 of the sampling frequency • For example, if sampling frequency is 200 Hz, the highest theoretically measurable frequency is 100 Hz • How to deal with higher frequencies? • Filter before taking spectra
Summary • Infinite sine wave is spike in frequency domain • Can create arbitrary seismogram by adding up enough sine waves of differing amplitude, frequency and phase • Both time and frequency domains are complete representations • Can transform back and forth - FFT • Must be careful about aliasing • Always sample at least 2X highest frequency of interest
Basin Thickness • 110 m/s /2.5 Hz = 44 m wavelength • Basin thickness = 11 m • 80 m/s /1 Hz = 80 m • Basin thickness = 20 m
Station LKWY, Utah raw Filtered 2-19 Hz Filtered twice
Station LKWY, Utah raw Filtered 2-19 Hz Filtered twice