Examining Infrasound Propagation at High Spatial Resolution Using a Nodal Seismic Array
Abstract
Infrasound—acoustic waves in the atmosphere below 20 Hz—is a useful monitoring tool. Topography and atmospheric structure strongly control infrasound propagation, and at common source–receiver distances neither of these effects can be ignored when quantitative source constraints are sought. Detailed spatial measurements of the infrasound wavefield would inform propagation models and improve source estimates. However, the “large-N” deployment strategy now well-known in seismology has not yet been realized for infrasound studies. Here, we use the 900-node seismic array from the 2014 Imaging Magma Under St. Helens (iMUSH) experiment as a proxy for a large-N infrasound network, by leveraging acoustic–seismic coupled arrivals. The active-source component of iMUSH consisted of 23 shallowly buried explosions around Mount Saint Helens volcano; these explosions produced epicentral infrasound recorded on the nodes. We find that the bulk presence of ground-coupled infrasound on the nodes is controlled by wind noise and source–receiver distance, with observed arrivals for eight explosions. Explosions with the most extensive coupling produce complex spatial waveform patterns across the array. These patterns are related to both topographic and atmospheric propagation effects, as well as spatially variable site (coupling) effects. We compare our observations to simple topographic diffraction and high-resolution wind advection models, and full-wave numerical simulations.more »
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- Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (United States)
- Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2222628
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-23-24379
Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9313
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001; HDTRA121C0030
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 128; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9313
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; infrasound; seismology; seismoacoustic coupling; propagation; nodal seismometers; iMUSH
Citation Formats
Toney, Liam, Fee, David, Schmandt, Brandon, and Bishop, Jordan Wilson. Examining Infrasound Propagation at High Spatial Resolution Using a Nodal Seismic Array. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1029/2023jb027314.
Toney, Liam, Fee, David, Schmandt, Brandon, & Bishop, Jordan Wilson. Examining Infrasound Propagation at High Spatial Resolution Using a Nodal Seismic Array. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jb027314
Toney, Liam, Fee, David, Schmandt, Brandon, and Bishop, Jordan Wilson. Mon .
"Examining Infrasound Propagation at High Spatial Resolution Using a Nodal Seismic Array". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jb027314. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2222628.
@article{osti_2222628,
title = {Examining Infrasound Propagation at High Spatial Resolution Using a Nodal Seismic Array},
author = {Toney, Liam and Fee, David and Schmandt, Brandon and Bishop, Jordan Wilson},
abstractNote = {Infrasound—acoustic waves in the atmosphere below 20 Hz—is a useful monitoring tool. Topography and atmospheric structure strongly control infrasound propagation, and at common source–receiver distances neither of these effects can be ignored when quantitative source constraints are sought. Detailed spatial measurements of the infrasound wavefield would inform propagation models and improve source estimates. However, the “large-N” deployment strategy now well-known in seismology has not yet been realized for infrasound studies. Here, we use the 900-node seismic array from the 2014 Imaging Magma Under St. Helens (iMUSH) experiment as a proxy for a large-N infrasound network, by leveraging acoustic–seismic coupled arrivals. The active-source component of iMUSH consisted of 23 shallowly buried explosions around Mount Saint Helens volcano; these explosions produced epicentral infrasound recorded on the nodes. We find that the bulk presence of ground-coupled infrasound on the nodes is controlled by wind noise and source–receiver distance, with observed arrivals for eight explosions. Explosions with the most extensive coupling produce complex spatial waveform patterns across the array. These patterns are related to both topographic and atmospheric propagation effects, as well as spatially variable site (coupling) effects. We compare our observations to simple topographic diffraction and high-resolution wind advection models, and full-wave numerical simulations. We find strong spatial correlations between (a) coupled arrival strength and modeled topographic obstruction and (b) coupled arrival time and along-path winds. Our seismoacoustic analyses and results are applicable to other existing and future nodal seismic data sets and can expand the utility of such deployments.},
doi = {10.1029/2023jb027314},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth},
number = 11,
volume = 128,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2023},
month = {Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2023}
}
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