CSEP2 Storing Stochastic Event Sets

Introduction

This page reflects the work on dealing with stochastic event sets within CSEP2.

In order to maintain inter-operability between models and the international testing centers we must adopt a standard format for stochastic event sets that contains the necessary and sufficient information needed to perform CSEP evaluations of the forecasts.

The most straightforward approach would be to continue with a catalog format supported by CSEP1. The likely candiate for CSEP2 catalog format would be the so-called ZMAP format which has the following format:

1. Longitude [deg] 2. Latitude [deg] 3. Decimal year (e.g., 2005.5 for July 1st, 2005) 4. Month 5. Day 6. Magnitude 7. Depth [km] 8. Hour 9. Minute 10. Second