SAC Software

 

About SAC

SAC (Seismic Analysis Code) is a general purpose interactive program designed for the study of sequential signals, especially timeseries data. Emphasis has been placed on analysis tools used by research seismologists in the detailed study of seismic events. Analysis capabilities include general arithmetic operations, Fourier transforms, three spectral estimation techniques, IIR and FIR filtering, signal stacking, decimation, interpolation, correlation, and seismic phase picking. SAC also contains an extensive graphics capability.

SAC Availability for the IRIS Community
by Peter Goldstein and Arthur Snoke

Feature Article - IRIS DMS Newsletter, March 2005

 

New License Agreement (October 1, 2006)

In addition to IRIS Members and Affiliates, IRIS may also distribute the SAC Software to collaborators such as the U.S. Geological Survey, Air Force Technical Applications Center, members of the International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks and other non-U.S. seismological institutes (subject to export control) who are involved in relevant research projects with IRIS. The SAC Software is available free through IRIS.

 

Request a copy of the SAC Software

Binaries and source release (Version 101.2): September 2008

To request a copy of the SAC Software for Mac OSX, Sun Solaris or Linux, please fill out the

SAC Software Request Form »

SAC History (.txt)
SAC Changes (.txt)

 

SAC DHI

SAC DHI allows the SAC program to connect via the Internet to the DHI online systems.
Learn more

SAC DHI Download » 

SAC Software Distribution

SAC Software Distribution

SAC Software has been distributed to over 1,800 scientists and programmers
by the IRIS DMC since 2005.

 

SAC Software Request for Non-IRIS Members

If you do not qualify for the SAC Software through IRIS, but are interested in acquiring a copy of the SAC executables, please contact:

Industrial Partnerships And Commercialization
Attention: End User License
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
P.O. Box 808 L-795
7000 East Avenue
Livermore, CA 94550
E-Mail: softwarelicensing@lists.llnl.gov
Main Phone: (925) 422-6416
Fax: (925) 423-8988

https://ipo.llnl.gov/technology/software/softwaretitles/sac.php

 

SAC Tutorial and User's Manual

This guide shows you by example how the basic SAC commands work. Trying these examples as you read the guide will quicken the learning process. If you want to learn more about a particular command, see the Command Reference Manual. For general information on how SAC works, how to create and use SAC macros, on the structure of SAC data files, and how to interface other programs to SAC see the User's Manual.

SAC Software Manual »

If you have technical questions about the SAC software, please send email to the sac-help mailing list.

 

SAC Mailing Lists: sac-help and sac-dev

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