SNZO - downhole information

[ElenaManea]

Hi team,

I received an inquiry from an end user asking whether we have any downhole information for SNZO. Any ideas?

Best,
Elena

[staylorofford]

Hi Elena,

SNZO downhole data is available on the 00 location code of SNZO station as per the USGS metadata.

We keep a simple record of SNZO metadata in our delta repository copied from USGS. They have more information than we do:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/stations/IU/SNZO/

The location code for data access is non-standard for GeoNet. We have opted to copy the USGS convention to avoid confusion as their surface sensor is on the 10 code we would otherwise use. I appreciate this creates some confusion and I will raise the issue internally to see what may be done to aid data discoverability.

Thanks,

Sam

[Thomas-Benson]

Noting we also have some additional docuementation on this site available here: https://github.com/GeoNet/delta/blob/main/docs/stations/SNZO_IU_Wellington_station.md
We probably need to add some more detail about which network and location codes we have data for, since they follow a slightly different convention to ours.

[elidana]

It is also worth adding that, since the station is operated by USGS, the preferred approach is to retain the location code defined by the owner and primary operator, even if it differs from GeoNet conventions. Adjusting the metadata to match GeoNet standards would introduce unnecessary confusion. The station already uses a different network code (IU), and its channel naming conventions are consistent with the primary source of truth for these metadata.