Network Station Uptime Percent Calculator
Station uptime percentage from total and outage days.
Description
Station uptime percentage from total and outage days.
Network Station Uptime Percent Calculator is a focused tool for the following task. Station uptime percentage from total and outage days. It reports %, Meets 95%? from the values you provide rather than inventing measurements, coefficients, or professional judgment that are not part of the input.
When to use Network Station Uptime Percent
Use this seismology calculation to reproduce a stated convention, screen observations, or compare scenarios whose units, coordinate conventions, catalog selection, and model assumptions are known.
- T
- Required integer. Days in the reporting window.
- D_out
- Required integer. Days with no usable data.
The cited overview of Seismometer supplies background for the terminology and domain context used by this tool.1
How Network Station Uptime Percent works
Station uptime percentage from total and outage days. Inputs are interpreted exactly in the displayed units and the calculation returns the following fields without presentation rounding.
- % (%)
- Returned number in %. Uptime fraction in percent.
- Meets 95%?
- Returned boolean. Whether uptime reaches the common 95 percent target.
Limitations and assumptions
- Earth structure, source geometry, path effects, site response, instrument response, catalog completeness, uncertainty, and the fitted range can dominate the accuracy of simplified seismic calculations.
- T must be at least 1.
- D_out must be at least 0.
- Use finite inputs in the displayed units, preserve source measurements and assumptions, and independently verify consequential decisions.
Alternative or Complementary approaches
For analysis or hazard decisions, retain uncertainty and provenance and compare the result with waveform processing, calibrated regional models, and guidance from qualified seismologists or the responsible agency.
References
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Seismometer — Wikipedia contributors
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