Adding to CyberShake

Below we outline the steps required to add new kinds of input data to CyberShake.

New ERF

To add a new ERF, the following steps are required:

Database modifications

1. A new ERF ID should be added to the ERF_IDs table of the CyberShake database.
2. An entry for the Rupture Surface Resolution (either the grid spacing, in km, or the element area, in km^2) must be added to the ERF_Metadata table for the new ERF ID, as this is required.
3. A list of ruptures (or rupture variations) with magnitudes and probabilities must be created externally, and added to the Ruptures table (and Rupture_Variations, if variations are created).
4. The CyberShake_Site_Ruptures table must be populated for each site we plan to compute curves for with the new ERF, so CyberShake knows which ruptures to include.
5. The Rupture_Variations table must be populated (ideally including hypocenter locations). This can either be done by using a rupture generator to create and count rupture variations, or the ERF which already supplies rupture variations, such as RSQSim-generated ERFs.

Stage ruptures

A physical copy of all the ruptures of interest must be staged on the remote clusters we plan to calculate curves on. I recommend using Globus to do the directory transfer.

Register ruptures in the replica catalog (RC)

The ruptures on the remote system must be registered in the Replica Catalog on shock.