Matterhorn Micro-Seismic and Image Data for Environmental Analysis

Matthias Meyer and ETH Zurich provide annotated micro-seismic recordings and images from the Matterhorn Hörnligrat field site at 3500 m a.s.l., collected under project X-Sense2. The dataset includes primary seismic data, high-resolution images, and secondary sensor data like wind speed and rock temperature. It is designed for systematic identification of external influences on seismic signals, as described in a 2018 publication.

Use Cases

• Training convolutional neural networks to identify external influences in seismic recordings based on annotated time-series and image data.
• Correlating micro-seismic events with environmental conditions using secondary sensor data like wind speed and rock temperature.
• Developing sensor fusion models that combine seismic waveforms with visual imagery for event classification.
• Studying rockfall or slope stability in high-alpine environments using bounding box annotations for specific time periods.

Strengths

• Data includes manual annotations by the authors, providing a verified ground truth for model training.
• High-resolution seismic data recorded at 1000 samples per second with 24-bit resolution using professional-grade equipment.
• Multimodal nature combines seismic time-series, high-resolution images, and auxiliary environmental sensor data.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, dataset size, and specific time range of collection are not provided in the sources.
• The publication describing the dataset is noted as 'in review' as of 2018, indicating potential lack of peer-reviewed documentation.
• The dataset appears to be a selection of measurements, suggesting it may not be a complete, continuous record.

Provenance

Source

ETH Zurich, project X-Sense2 (financed by nano-tera.ch, ref. no. 530659).

Collection Method

Field recordings using a Nanometrics Centaur digital recorder, Lennartz LE-3Dlite MKIII seismometer, and a remote-controlled Nikon D300 camera.

Geography

Matterhorn Hörnligrat field site, Switzerland, at 3500 meters above sea level.