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ObsPy is an open-source project dedicated to provide a **Python framework for processing seismological** data. It provides parsers for common file formats, clients to access data centers and seismological signal processing routines which allow the manipulation of seismological time series (see [Beyreuther et al. 2010](http://www.seismosoc.org/publications/SRL/SRL_81/srl_81-3_es/), [Megies et al. 2011](http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/4838), [Krischer et al. 2015](http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1749-4699/8/1/014003)).
The goal of the ObsPy project is to facilitate **rapid application development for seismology**.
ObsPy is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) v3.0.
A one-hour introduction to ObsPy is [available at YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFwdjfiK4gk).
#### [Read more in our GitHub wiki](https://github.com/obspy/obspy/wiki)
### Installation
Installation instructions can be found in the [wiki](https://github.com/obspy/obspy/wiki#installation).
### Getting started
Read about how to get started in the [wiki](https://github.com/obspy/obspy/wiki#getting-started) and in our [**Tutorial** section in the documentation](http://docs.obspy.org/tutorial/).
ObsPy Tutorial notebooks -- and much more on specific seismology topics -- can also be found on [**Seismo-Live**](http://seismo-live.org/), both as a static preview and as interactively runnable version.
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```python
from obspy import read
st = read() # load example seismogram
st.filter(type='highpass', freq=3.0)
st = st.select(component='Z')
st.plot()
```
### Documentation and Changelog
The **detailed changelog** is available [here](CHANGELOG.txt), our docs can be found at [docs.obspy.org](http://docs.obspy.org/).
### Contributing
Please see details on how to contribute to the project [here](CONTRIBUTING.md).
### References
* Moritz Beyreuther, Robert Barsch, Lion Krischer, Tobias Megies, Yannik Behr and Joachim Wassermann (2010), [ObsPy: A Python Toolbox for Seismology](http://www.seismosoc.org/publications/SRL/SRL_81/srl_81-3_es/), _SRL_, 81(3), 530-533, doi:`10.1785/gssrl.81.3.530`.
* Tobias Megies, Moritz Beyreuther, Robert Barsch, Lion Krischer, Joachim Wassermann (2011), [ObsPy What can it do for data centers and observatories?](http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/4838) _Annals Of Geophysics_, 54(1), 47-58, doi:`10.4401/ag-4838`.
* Lion Krischer, Tobias Megies, Robert Barsch, Moritz Beyreuther, Thomas Lecocq, Corentin Caudron and Joachim Wassermann (2015), [ObsPy: a bridge for seismology into the scientific Python ecosystem](http://iopscience.iop.org/1749-4699/8/1/014003/), _Computational Science & Discovery_, 8(1), 014003, doi:`10.1088/1749-4699/8/1/014003`
* [concept DOI, that always resolves to latest ObsPy versions: `10.5281/zenodo.1040769`](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1040769) (see [Zenodo FAQ](http://help.zenodo.org/#versioning))
* [specific version DOIs for all released ObsPy versions](https://zenodo.org/search?ln=en&p=obspy&action_search=)
### Impact
