I measured relative motion of 2 seismometers separated by 4, 18 and 38 feet.

Relative motion for difference distances between seismometers is presented below.

Al frequencies f < fcrit relative motion becomes smaller then motion of each point. At these frequencies, the ratio relative / absolute motion can be approximated as ratio = C fa . The following table summarizes fcrit, C and a for different length between seismometers.
L, ft |
fcrit, Hz
|
C |
a |
4 |
45 |
0.0074 |
1.30 |
18 |
30 |
0.0057 |
1.52 |
38 |
15 |
0.0208 |
1.43 |
Using this approximation we can estimate the desired noise floor of the seismometer to subtract seismic noise from MC_F

Desired seismometer noise should be 100 times less then Guralp's. ADC noise is still less then this level, so this will not be a problem.
Note: for longer cavities condition for seismometer noise becomes more week as fcrit decreases with length.
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