diff --git a/docs/pages/Site-Specification.md b/docs/pages/Site-Specification.md index 48fddc3be34b76d95173d3f7ba82af7d92ae6bfa..796f52840d83657b61c127979a1108727fa56bcd 100644 --- a/docs/pages/Site-Specification.md +++ b/docs/pages/Site-Specification.md @@ -5,21 +5,12 @@ ways. Examples of the file formats described below are available in the resource [`etc/nshm`](../../etc/nshm/README.md). __Note on Coordinates:__ *nshmp-haz* supports longitude and latitude values in the closed -ranges `[-360° ‥ 360°]` and `[-90° ‥ 90°]`. Note, however, that mixing site and/or source +ranges `[-360° ‥ 360°]` and `[-90° ‥ 90°]`. However, mixing site and/or source coordinates across the antimeridian (the -180° to 180° transition) will yield unexpected results. For Pacific models and calculations, always use positive or negative longitudes exclusively. -## Site String - -For the case of running a single site of interest, most *nshmp-haz* programs accept a -comma-delimited string of the form: `name,lon,lat[,vs30,vsInf[,z1p0,z2p5]]`, where `vs30`, `vsInf`, -`z1p0`, and `z2p5` are optional. Note that if `vs30` is supplied, so too must `vsInf`. Likewise if -`z1p0` is supplied, so too must `z2p5`. If the string contains any spaces, escape them or wrap the -entire string in double quotes. - -For any site parameter values that are not supplied on the command line or in the file formats -below, the following defaults are used (see the `site` member of the -[configuration parameter](./Calculation-Configuration.md#calculation-configuration-parameters) table): +For any site parameter values that are not supplied in the file formats below, the following +defaults are used: ```text name: Unnamed @@ -30,7 +21,7 @@ below, the following defaults are used (see the `site` member of the ``` For basin depth parameters `z1p0` and `z2p5`, a `null` value indicates that a GMM should use -it's 'default' basin depth scale factor. +it's 'default' basin depth scale factor, which is usually included in it's Vs30 site term. ## Comma-Delimited Format (\*.csv)