I have had several comments regarding the the necessity or desirability = of filtring out microseism. It is always true that one persons "noise' = is anothers "data" I have also been fascinated by the microseism phenomenon itself and = have watched the effects of weather on the signature. I have also been = frustrated by the my attempts to extract earthquakes from the background = of the microseism. I value you comments and perspective. I need the = advice of those with exprience in this field. I look at this as an experiment and learning experience as I am NOT an = expert in this field. (I also have a switch to turn the filter off.) I have wondered about possible masking effects of true seismic event = signatures. In that context I have considered an automatic switch which = would turn off the filter when the level in the filter bandwidth becomes = suddenly larger than the long term average.Of course techniques like = that always have the problem of having the signal of intrest gone by the = time you recognize it I appreciate the comments and thank you for them.I have had several comments regarding = the the=20 necessity or desirability of filtring out microseism. It is always = true=20 that one persons "noise' is anothers "data"I have also been fascinated by = the microseism=20 phenomenon itself and have watched the effects of weather on the = signature. I=20 have also been frustrated by the my attempts to extract earthquakes from = the=20 background of the microseism. I value you comments and perspective. I = need the=20 advice of those with exprience in this field.I look at this as an experiment and = learning=20 experience as I am NOT an expert in this field. (I also have a switch to = turn=20 the filter off.)I have wondered about possible masking = effects of=20 true seismic event signatures. In that context I have considered an = automatic=20 switch which would turn off the filter when the level in the filter = bandwidth=20 becomes suddenly larger than the long term average.Of course techniques = like=20 that always have the problem of having the signal of intrest gone by the = time=20 you recognize itI appreciate the comments and thank you = for=20 them.Dave Nelson