NOTE: adoption of MiniSEED is a not an active discussion topic within INTERMAGNET at this time.
It is currently being discussed to coordinate data exchange between USGS, NRCAN, and any other international groups who may be interested. It may also be proposed for adoption by INTERMAGNET at a future time.
The USGS Geomagnetism Program currently uses MiniSEED to store geomagnetic data and has been internally discussing updates to the Station, Network, Channel, and Location (SNCL) codes used to uniquely identify this data. At the 2017 Intermagnet Annual Meeting, it was discovered NRCAN is also considering MiniSEED storage of data. In both cases the intent is to leverage existing solutions for timeseries data from the seismology community.
This project is an attempt to establish a common best practice for SNCL labeling of geomagnetic data using existing SEED SNCL standards; making it easier to exchange data between these and other international groups.
We welcome input from INTERMAGNET members, and other organizations and individuals.
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MiniSEED conventions are described in a SEED Manual Appendix:
http://www.fdsn.org/seed_manual/SEEDManual_V2.4_Appendix-A.pdf
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Also as part of the full SEED manual (p133):