SSA Velocity Model Workshop 2019

SSA 2019 Velocity Model Workshop

Fig 1: Coverage regions for 3D velocity models included in the SSA 2019 UCVM VirtualBox distribution, including (Red) CVM-S4, (Blue) CVM-H, (inner Yellow) CCA06, (White) USGS Bay Area, and (outer Yellow) Digital Elevation Model

Workshop Announcement

• Velocity Model Workshop Description

Velocity Model Image

A VirtualBox image file (also known as an Appliance file) containing the UCVM software and 4 California Velocity models is available for download from these two servers. These are large file downloads and, depending on your network connection, may take several hours to download.

• UCVM SSA 2019 Virtual Box Image(17GB download from SCEC servers)
• UCVM SSA 2019 Virtual Box Image(17GB download from Google Drive)

Detailed UCVM VirtualBox Installation Guide

• UCVM VirtualBox Installation Guide

CVM Coverage Regions

A Google Earth KML format file showing the coverage area of UCVM SSA models:

• UCVM SSA CVM Model Regions in KML format

Supported Velocity Models

The Virtual Box Image prepared for this workshop contains 4 California Velocity Models

• CVM-H: Southern California Velocity Model developed by Harvard Structural Geology Group with optional geotechnical layer cvmh
• CVM-S4: Southern California Velocity Model developed by SCEC, Caltech, USGS Group with geotechnical layer cvms
• USGS Bay Area: USGS developed San Francisco and Central California velocity model cencal
• CCA06: Central California Area Velocity Model at iteration 6 with added optional Ely-Jordan GTL

California Velocity Models in NetCDF format

These Netcdf format files contain 1km resolution versions of three of the California velocity models contained in the SSA UCVM VirtualBox software distribution.

• USGS Bay Area Model (cencal) (435Mb)
• CVM-H Model (cvmh) (435Mb)
• CVM-S Model (cvms) (435Mb)

Related Entries

• UCVM
• CVM-H