Quality Assurance Advisory Committee Meeting
Summer Teleconference
Friday, June 26 , 2020
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT (10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PDT)
Topic |
Presenter |
---|---|
Roll Call and Introductions | V. Lekic (Chair) |
Review of Action Items | V. Lekic |
PEDRO (PASSCAL Experiment Data Report) | J. Sweet |
QA Updates:
|
G. Sharer |
New Action Items and Final Comments | V. Lekic |
Action Items:
DEC2015-006: Recommend development of MATLAB interface for MUSTANG
Responsible: Jerry Carter
Status: CLOSED
JUL2016-002: DMC network QA reports and QuARG report tool development
Responsible: Laura Keyson and Gillian Sharer
Status: Presented results of QuARG beta testing and progress incorporating feedback into the tool
DEC2018-004: Data request fulfillment reliability.
Responsible: Vedran Lekic
Status: CLOSED
JUL2019-003: Update on progress of FDSN QA
Responsible: Jerry Carter
Status: Next FDSN meeting will be in 2021.
JAN2020-001: Create a plan to rotate QAAC members. After approval from the QAAC, send plan to the Board of Directors.
Responsible: Vedran Lekic
Status: No progress.
JAN2020-002: MATLAB interface survey responses: follow-up with anyone who said that they were willing to share an existing solution
Responsible: Vedran Lekic
Status: CLOSED
JAN2020-003: Maintain communication lines with the National Strong Motion Center, for suggestions on good quality assurance metrics for strong motion
data. Reach out to the Albuquerque Seismic Laboratory.
Responsible: Morgan Moschetti
Status: Useful communication with ASL, but no suggestions at this time. CLOSED
JAN2020-004: Reach out to UNAVCO to find out if they have a document similar to IRIS’s Quality Principles.
Responsible: Vedran Lekic
Status: UNAVCO responded. CLOSED
JAN2020-005: Follow up on PASSCAL’s response to the QAAC request to make more quality information public. Vedran Lekic will draft a brief reply letter to Prof.
Magnani and Bob Woodward will bring our feedback to the next PASSCAL Standing Committee meeting
Responsible: Vedran Lekic and Bob Woodward
Status: The PASSCAL Standing Committee discussed experiment outreach and whether it should be publicly available. CLOSED.
JAN2020-006: Send letter to the USGS asking about their procedures for evaluating new sensor models in-house and suggestions for QA metrics used.
Responsible: Vedran Lekic
Status: Letter was send a few days before the meeting. Repsonses were received after the meeting and will be shared with the QAAC.
(NEW) JUN2020-001: Collaborate with Mladen Dordevic (IRIS HQ) to bring the QAAC into theCommittee database to align with the other Committees
Responsible: Gillian Sharer
(NEW) JUN2020-002: Assemble existing scripts/tools for MUSTANG interactions with MATLAB
Responsible: Vedran Lekic
(NEW) JUN2020-003: Summarize communication with ASL about strong motion and broadband metrics and send report to the QAAC
Responsible: Morgan Moschetti
(NEW) JUN2020-004: Provide current PASSCAL outbrief document to the QAAC
Responsible: Justin Sweet
(NEW) JUN2020-005: Establish relations between the QAAC and the Instrumentation Committee by contacting Andy Frassetto or Gary Pavlis.
Responsible: Vedran Lekic
(NEW) JUN2020-006: Compile reports of QA problems caused by COVID-19; including data availability, sensor performance, etc. Quantify in some way the data availability / quality reduction due to deferred maintenance.
Responsible: Bob Woodward