Mining Publication: ObsPlus: A Pandas-centric ObsPy Expansion Pack

Over the past decade, ObsPy, a python framework for seismology, has become an integral part of many seismology research workflows. ObsPy provides parsers for most seismological data formats, clients for accessing data-centers, common signal processing routines, and event, station, and waveform data models. ObsPlus significantly expands ObsPy’s functionality by providing simple data management abstractions and conversions between ObsPy classes and the ubiquitous pandas DataFrame. ObsPlus has become an important part of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)’s data processing and management workflows and has enabled rapid prototyping of new ideas while managing complexity through appropriate abstractions. It is our hope that ObsPlus will provide similar benefits to the broader seismology community.