MTpy: A Python Toolbox for Magnetotelluric (MT) Data Processing, Analysis, Modelling and Visualization

How to Cite

If you use this software in a scientific publication, we'd very much appreciate if you could cite the following papers:

• Kirkby, A.L., Zhang, F., Peacock, J., Hassan, R., Duan, J., 2019. The MTPy software package for magnetotelluric data analysis and visualisation. Journal of Open Source Software, 4(37), 1358. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01358
• Krieger, L., and Peacock, J., 2014. MTpy: A Python toolbox for magnetotellurics. Computers and Geosciences, 72, p167-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2014.07.013

Overview

A Python Toolbox for Magnetotelluric (MT) Data Processing, Analysis, Modelling and Visualization

• Home Page: https://github.com/MTgeophysics/mtpy
• API Documentation: http://mtpy2.readthedocs.io/en/develop/
• Issue tracking: https://github.com/MTgeophysics/mtpy/issues
• Installation Guide (Wiki Pages): https://github.com/MTgeophysics/mtpy/wiki
• User Guide: https://github.com/MTgeophysics/mtpy/blob/develop/docs/MTPy%20User%20Guide.pdf

Note that this repository has superseded the geophysics/mtpy and GeoscienceAustralia/mtpy2

Contacts

Alison Kirkby

Alison.Kirkby@ga.gov.au

Fei Zhang

fei.zhang@ga.gov.au

Jared Peacock

peacock.jared@gmail.com

Bren Moushall

brenainn.moushall@ga.gov.au

Rakib Hassan

Rakib.Hassan@ga.gov.au

Jingming Duan

Jingming.Duan@ga.gov.au

System Requirements

• Python 2.7
• Python 3.6+

License

MTpy is licensed under the GPL version 3

The license agreement is contained in the repository and should be kept together with the code.

Conventions Used in the MTPy Software

1. MTpy uses E- and B-fields (although the sensors may be confusingly named as H-sensors in EDI files)
2. [E] = microvolts/meter (muV/m)
3. [B] = nanotesla (nT)
4. [Z] = [E]/[B] = km/s
5. Apparent resistivty rho = 0.2 * T * |Z|^2 (in Ohm m)
6. Angles are given in degrees (mod 360)
7. EDI files can contain data in Z- or rho/phi-form
8. EDI files contain data from one station only
9. Coordinates are handled in decimal degrees (converted when reading)
10. Time stamps refer to UTC
11. Internal coordinates: X = North-South, Y = East-West
12. Rotations are interpreted clockwise (mathematically negative)
13. 0 degrees azimuth = North