SAC

SAC (Seismic Analysis Codes) is one of the most commonly used seismic analysis software in seismology community.

Checklist of what you should know about SAC:

• Understand the file format of a SAC file
• Understand the meaning of important SAC headers
• common used SAC commands: read, write, bandpass, rmean, rtrend, taper, plot1, plot2, plotpk
• How to read and write SAC files in your own Python/MATLAB/C/Fortran programs

Free Online Resources:

• A tutorial by Dr. Dongdong Tian: SAC-tutorial.pdf and demo data.
• The official SAC Manual: https://ds.iris.edu/files/sac-manual
• A tutorial by Prof. Zhigang Peng from Georgia Tech: http://geophysics.eas.gatech.edu/people/zpeng/Teaching/SAC_Tutorial/
• The Chinese SAC Reference Manual: https://seisman.github.io/SAC_Docs_zh. Although this manual is written in Chinese, it's better than the official manual, at least for some chapters and sections. The manual provides more detailed descriptions on data processing to help beginners using SAC correctly. You can use Google Translate to translate it to English.

Non-free Resources:

• The Seismic Analysis Code: A Primer and User's Guide: https://www.amazon.com/Seismic-Analysis-Code-Primer-Users-ebook/dp/B00MY7K11A