Infrasonic observations of bolides on October 4, 1996

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3116, Issue , 1997, Pages 154-165

  ReVelle, Douglas O ^a   Whitaker, Rodney W ^a   Armstrong, William T ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast waves; Bolides; Infrasound; Long range sound propagation; Meteor acoustics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTICS; EARTHQUAKES; INSTRUMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; SENSORS; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

BLAST WAVES; BOLIDES; INFRASOUND; LONG-RANGE SOUND PROPAGATION; METEOR ACOUSTICS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 0242604305     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.293343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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