ESM Waveform Details Web-Service

The ESM Waveform Details Web-Service allows to obtain most metadata associated to a waveform.

A complete list of supported options and usage examples is available in the query-options webpage.

Feature Notes

• Available information includes metadata about the waveform itself ('asdf-instrument', 'asdf-orientation', 'waveform-distances' and 'quality' dictionaries), the recorded event ('event' dictionary), the recording station ('station' dictionary), the location ('location' dictionary), and processing settings ('settings' and 'workflow' dictionaries).
• The output is the same format used as input by the ESM processing webservice.
• The output is provided in JSON format.

Related Services

The ESM working group uses the following services as the steps of its processing workflow:

• ESM Dataset Selection: to select a dataset of waveforms.
• ESM Waveform Details: to obtain metadata associated to a waveform.
• ESM Processing: to process a waveform.
• ESM Processing Post: to download the processed waveform, or to save it in the database (authorized users only).

Citation

If you use this service or its data, please cite it as follows:
Mascandola C., Felicetta C., Russo E., Luzi L., Lanzano G., Sgobba S., Brunelli G., Ramadan F., Pacor F., ORFEUS Strong-Motion SMC (2026). Engineering Strong Motion Database (ESM), version 3.0. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). https://doi.org/10.13127/esm.3

Backend Python software used by this web service is developed and maintained by Russo E. and Felicetta C.