دورية أكاديمية

Explosion-generated infrasound recorded on ground and airborne microbarometers at regional distances

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Explosion-generated infrasound recorded on ground and airborne microbarometers at regional distances
المؤلفون: Young, E.F., Bowman, D.C., Lees, J.M., Klein, V., Arrowsmith, S.J., Ballard, C.
المصدر: Seismological Research Letters, 89(4)
بيانات النشر: Seismological Society of America
سنة النشر: 2018
المجموعة: Carolina Digital Repository (UNC - University of North Carolina)
مصطلحات موضوعية: wave propagation, meteorology, balloon observation, sensor, acoustic wave
الوصف: Recent work in deploying infrasound (low-frequency sound) sensors on aerostats and free-flying balloons has shown them to be viable alternatives to ground stations. However, no study to date has compared the performance of surface and freefloating infrasound microbarometers with respect to acoustic events at regional (100s of kilometers) range. The prospect of enhanced detection of aerial explosions at similar ranges, such as those from bolides, has not been investigated either. We examined infrasound signals from three 1-ton trinitrotoluene (TNT) equivalent chemical explosions using microbarometers on two separate balloons at 280- to 400-km ranges and ground stations at 6.3- to 350-km ranges. Signal celerities were consistent with acoustic waves traveling in the stratospheric duct. However, significant differences were noted between the observed arrival patterns and those predicted by an acoustic propagation model. Very low-background noise levels on the balloons were consistent with previous studies that suggest wind interference is minimal on freely drifting sensors. Simulated propagation patterns and observed noise levels also confirm that balloon-borne microbarometers should be very effective at detecting explosions in the middle and upper atmosphere as well as those on the surface.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
العلاقة: https://doi.org/10.17615/p91n-zh95Test; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/nz806854d?file=thumbnailTest; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/nz806854dTest
DOI: 10.17615/p91n-zh95
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.17615/p91n-zh95Test
https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/nz806854d?file=thumbnailTest
https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/nz806854dTest
حقوق: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.32C3A38B
قاعدة البيانات: BASE