Infrasound and the infrasonic monitoring of atmospheric nuclear explosions: A literature review. Final report, 7 September 1995-28 February 1997

Technical Report · Fri Feb 28 04:00:00 UTC 1997

OSTI ID:621445

McKisic, J M

This report reviews unclassified past work in infrasound and atmospheric acoustics deemed relevant to current interests in monitoring compliance with a CTBT(Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty). The report is one of four resulting from a DOE sponsored seventeen month investigation and review of past work in infrasound. The purpose of the report is to update previous reviews and to provide members of the research and development and governmental policy making communities, with an interest in or responsibility for monitoring compliance to CTBT, with a thorough and relatively self-contained document summarizing the primary essentials of current and past work in infrasonic research. Following a background section, the report reviews: (1) the measurement of infrasound; (2) early work in infrasound and atmospheric acoustics; (3) propagation and explosive source modeling; (4) various natural and man made sources of infrasound and (5) data and waveforms from a number of nuclear and chemical explosions. The report contains one Appendix which provides waveforms of atmospheric nuclear explosions recorded on Columbia University`s Lamont-Doherty Laboratory`s microbarograph arrays as originally published by Donn and Ewing (1967).

• Research Organization: Tracor Applied Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD (United States)
• OSTI ID: 621445
• Report Number(s): AD-A--339249/5/XAB; CNN: Contract F19628-95-C-0191
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
ACOUSTIC DETECTION
GRAVITY WAVES
NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DETECTION
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PROGRESS REPORT
WAVE FORMS