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Abstract

The data set consists of dispersion curves and the corresponding 2D phase velocity maps based on earthquake generated Rayleigh surface waves and ambient noise, as well as the resultant shear-wave velocity model for entire Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden and Finland). We resolved the crust and mantle to 250 km depth to provide new insight into the maintenance of the Paleozoic Scandes mountain range and the lithospheric architecture of the Precambrian Baltic Shield (Mauerberger et al., in review). For this study, we use the virtual ScanArray network which consists of more than 220 seismic stations of the following contributing networks: The ScanArray Core (1G network, Thybo et al., 2012) consists of 72 broadband instruments which were operated by the ScanArray consortium (Thybo et al., 2021) between 2013-2017. We also used 28 stations from the NEONOR2 (2D network), 20 stations from the SCANLIPS3D (ZR network; England et al., 2015), 72 permanent stations from the Swedish National Seismic Network (SNSN; UP network; SNSN 1904) as well as further 35 permanent stations from the Finnish (HE and FN networks), Danish (DK network), Norwegian (NO network (NORSAR, 1971); NS (University of Bergen, 1982)) and international IU network (ALS/USGS, 1988). Since the exact operation times of the different temporary networks differ, we analyse data between 2014 and 2016, when most of the stations were operational. The pre-processing of the data involved the removal of a linear trend, application of a band-pass filter between 0.5 s and 200 s, downsampling to 5 Hz and deconvolution of the instrument response to obtain velocity seismograms. We also corrected for the misorientations stated in Grund et al., 2017.