respGen Manual

Welcome to the documentation page for respGen, a program for generating the instrument response of an unknown sensor colocated beside a known sensor.

This is an online tutorial to help you get respGen up and running.

• Documentation version: March 11, 2026

• Designer: Branden C. Christensen

• Developer: Anatoli Kuschan

• Special thanks to: Professor Gary Pavlis, Adam Ringler, Brett Nordgren. Many thanks also to the folks who maintain the GSN network, a source of high-quality seismic data that was invaluable in testing respGen.

• Software Change Log

Content

• Experimental Setup Guide
  • Sensor selection and configuration
  • Sensor installation
  • Data acquisition & duration
  • Data selection
• Quick Start Guide
  • Dependencies
  • Installation
  • Input/ Output
  • How to execute the program
• Data flow & execution design
  • Overview
  • Theory & Methodology
  • Visualizations
  • Stages explained
• Configuration parameters explained
  • Parameters common to more than one stage
  • stage 1(e)
  • stage 2
  • stage 3
  • stage 4
• Interpreting the results
  • view_cohe
  • view 3 / stage 3
  • Quality grade
  • stage 4
• Recommended background reading
• Example Data
  • Example 1: GSN station KIP
  • Example 2: OSOP BRU2 station
• Glossary
• Change Log
  • May 2026
  • March 2026
  • January 2026