wfdisc

The wfdisc table contains a waveform header file and descriptive information. This table provides a pointer (or index) to waveforms stored on disk. The waveforms themselves are stored in ordinary disk files as a sequence of sample values (usually in binary repre­sentation).

FIELD

COLUMN

STORAGE

EXTERNAL

CHARACTER

DESCRIPTION

NUMBER

TYPE

FORMAT

POSITION

1

sta

varchar2(6)

a6

1-6

station code

2

chan

varchar2(8)

a8

8-15

channel code

3

time

f1oat(53)

f17.5

17-33

epoch time of first sample in file

4

wfid

number(9)

i9

35-43

waveform identifier

5

chanid

number(8)

i8

45-52

channel identifier

6

jdate

number(8)

i8

54-61

julian date

7

endtime

f1oat(53)

f17.5

63-79

time +(nsamp -1 )/samles

8

nsamp

number(8)

is

81-88

number of samples

9

samprate

f1oat(24)

f11.7

90-100

sampling rate in samples/sec

10

calib

f1oat(24)

f16.6

102-117

nominal calibration

11

calper

f1oat(24)

f16.6

119-134

nominal calibration period

12

instype

varchar2(6)

a6

136-141

instrument code

13

segtype

varchar2(1 )

a1

143-143

indexing method

14

datatype

varchar2(2)

a2

145-146

numeric storage

15

clip

varchar2(1 )

a1

148-148

clipped flag

16

dir

varchar2(64)

a64

150-213

directory

17

dfile

varchar2(32)

a32

215-246

data file

18

foff

number(10)

i10

248-257

byte offset of data seg ment within file

19

commid

number(9)

i9

259-267

comment identifier

20

Iddate

date

a19

269-287

load date



Keys:

Primary

wfid, dir, dfile


Unique

wfid


Foreign

chanid, commid




Data:

Descriptive

sta, chan, dir, dfile, foff


Measurement

time, jdate, endtime, nsamp, samprate, calib, calper, instype, segtype, data type, clip


Administrative

lddate








Iddate