Hi all,

In seismology, is there a concept of a 'representative station', a
station that collects very similar information to others? Or is the
information from *every* station just as valuable (informative) as all
the others?

Are there lists of representative stations?

If I were the funding god, and I told you to axe all but 20, 50, 200,
or 500 stations, which stations would you choose to keep and why?

My thinking is that 10 stations in one relatively small area must be
collecting similar data, and you can (perhaps) represent *nearly* all
10 by picking just one of them (the most 'representative' one). Each
'new' station must add more information, but at some point, the amount
of information gain from each additional station must plateau.

Does any of that make any sense?

Who should I be asking this question of?


Sincerely,
Dan.
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