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Sample Data from a Distributed Acoustic Sensing Experiment at Garner Valley, California

Published by University of Wisconsin | Department of Energy | Catalog Last Checked: March 23, 2026 at 09:43 PM | Dataset Last Updated: September 15, 2025 at 04:53 PM
In September 2013, an experiment using Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) was conducted at Garner Valley, a test site of the University of California Santa Barbara (Lancelle et al., 2014). This submission includes one 45 kN shear shaker (called "large shaker" on the basemap) test for three different measurement systems. The shaker swept from a rest, up to 10 Hz, and back down to a rest over 60 seconds. Lancelle, C., N. Lord, H. Wang, D. Fratta, R. Nigbor, A. Chalari, R. Karaulanov, J. Baldwin, and E. Castongia (2014), Directivity and Sensitivity of Fiber-Optic Cable Measuring Ground Motion using a Distributed Acoustic Sensing Array (abstract # NS31C-3935), AGU Fall Meeting.

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description In September 2013, an experiment using Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) was conducted at Garner Valley, a test site of the University of California Santa Barbara (Lancelle et al., 2014). This submission includes one 45 kN shear shaker (called "large shaker" on the basemap) test for three different measurement systems. The shaker swept from a rest, up to 10 Hz, and back down to a rest over 60 seconds. Lancelle, C., N. Lord, H. Wang, D. Fratta, R. Nigbor, A. Chalari, R. Karaulanov, J. Baldwin, and E. Castongia (2014), Directivity and Sensitivity of Fiber-Optic Cable Measuring Ground Motion using a Distributed Acoustic Sensing Array (abstract # NS31C-3935), AGU Fall Meeting.
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    "description": "Accelerometer data for four sensors on the Mini-Me structure.  Individual columns are described in the file.  The sample rate is 1000 samples per second."
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DOI 10.15121/1177104
identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/8517
issued 2013-09-10T06:00:00Z
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license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2025-09-15T16:53:42Z
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projectLead Elisabet Metcalfe
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title Sample Data from a Distributed Acoustic Sensing Experiment at Garner Valley, California

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