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 the California velocity models.

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

Related Entries

• UCVM
• CVM-H