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Expand Up @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) Hi-
(High-sensitivity seismograph network) in Japan. The seismic network comprises approximately
800 stations with high-quality seismic data. Accessing and processing the data can be
challenging due to the limited functionality of the web UI and backend data server.
Additonally, the seismic data is stored in a non-standard format, which adds an extra
Additionally, the seismic data is stored in a non-standard format, which adds an extra
layer of complexity. HinetPy solves these challenges by offering a user-friendly interface
for accessing seismic data from NIED Hi-net and converting it into commonly used data
formats. It streamlines the workflow for seismologists, enabling them to more effectively
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cannot exceed 60 minutes, and the total record length of
all channels cannot exceed 12,000 minutes. Considering that NIED Hi-net comprises about 800 seismic
stations and 24,000 channels (3 channels per station), the record length in a single
request must not exceed 5 minutes. If users requires 30 minutes of data, they must divide the
request must not exceed 5 minutes. If users require 30 minutes of data, they must divide the
time range into six subranges and submit six separate requests. The NIED Hi-net website
does not allow users to post multiple data requests simultaneously. Therefore, to obtain
the requested data, users must post a request, wait for the data to be prepared, and then
post sebsequent requests. After all data is ready, users must manually download the files
post subsequent requests. After all data is ready, users must manually download the files
and combine them into a single file. The entire process can be time-consuming and cumbersome.

## Challenges in processing NIED Hi-net data
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'channels table' text file containing metadata for each channel. Most seismic data processing
software, such as ObsPy, cannot directly use these non-standard formats. Therefore, additional
processing is required to convert the data to commonly used formats, which poses challenges
for researches. Although NIED Hi-net provides a set of commands in their win32tools package
for researchers. Although NIED Hi-net provides a set of commands in their win32tools package
to process WIN32 data and convert it to the SAC format, there are currently no tools available
to convert the channels table to a more commonly used format, such as SAC polezero files.
This limitation hinders the broader utilization of NIED Hi-net data.
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HinetPy addresses the challenges of accessing and processing NIED Hi-net data by providing
a straightforward and user-friendly interface for researchers to download waveform data and
station metadata. Addtionally, HinetPy offers interfaces to the win32tools package to convert
station metadata. Additionally, HinetPy offers interfaces to the win32tools package to convert
WIN32 data to the SAC format and create SAC polezero files from the channels table.

This is an example demonstrating how to request 20 minutes of waveform data of the Hi-net
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```python
from HinetPy import Client, win32

# You need to registert a Hi-net account first
# You need to register a Hi-net account first
client = Client("username", "password")

# Let's try to request 20-minute data of the Hi-net network (with an internal
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users who report bugs and request features. The author is supported by
the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant NSFC42274122,
the “CUG Scholar” Scientific Research Funds at China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (Project No. 2022012),
and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (No.CUG230604).
and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (No. CUG230604).

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