Theoretical modeling of seismic noise propagation in firn at the South Pole, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4257-4260

  Albert, Donald G ^a  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; GROUND VEHICLES; POLES;

NOISE REDUCTION; SEISMIC NOISE PROPAGATION; SOUTH POLE ANTARCTICA; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAMS; WAVENUMBER INTEGRATION METHOD; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; SEISMIC ENERGY; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMIC NOISE; SIGNAL QUALITY; TELESEISMIC; THEORETICAL MODELING; WAVENUMBER INTEGRATION METHODS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; SEISMOLOGY;

SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH POLE;

EID: 0033489835     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900155     Document Type: Article

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