CTBT infrasound network performance to detect the 2013 Russian fireball event

Pilger, Christoph; Ceranna, Lars; Ross, J. Ole; Le Pichon, Alexis; Mialle, Pierrick; Garces, Milton A.

doi:10.1002/2015GL063482

CTBT infrasound network performance to detect the 2013 Russian fireball event

Journal Article · Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063482· OSTI ID:1367155

Pilger, Christoph ^[1]; Ceranna, Lars ^[2]; Ross, J. Ole ^[2]; Le Pichon, Alexis ^[3]; Mialle, Pierrick ^[4]; Garces, Milton A. ^[5]

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover (Germany); University of Hawaii
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover (Germany)
CEA, DAM, DIF, Arpajon (France)
PTS/CTBTO, Vienna (Austria)
Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Kailua-Kona, HI (United States)

The explosive fragmentation of the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteorite generated a large airburst with an equivalent yield of 500 kT TNT. It is the most energetic event recorded by the infrasound component of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty-International Monitoring System (CTBT-IMS), globally detected by 20 out of 42 operational stations. This study performs a station-by-station estimation of the IMS detection capability to explain infrasound detections and nondetections from short to long distances, using the Chelyabinsk meteorite as global reference event. Investigated parameters influencing the detection capability are the directivity of the line source signal, the ducting of acoustic energy, and the individual noise conditions at each station. Findings include a clear detection preference for stations perpendicular to the meteorite trajectory, even over large distances. Only a weak influence of stratospheric ducting is observed for this low-frequency case. As a result, a strong dependence on the diurnal variability of background noise levels at each station is observed, favoring nocturnal detections.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development (NA-22)

Contributing Organization:: 1Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, Germany, 2CEA, DAM, DIF, Arpajon, France, 3PTS/CTBTO, Vienna, Austria, 4Infrasound Laboratory, HIGP, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0002534

OSTI ID:: 1367155

Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 42; ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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