Evaluation of infrasound signals from the shuttle Atlantis using a large seismic network

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1442-1451

  De Groot Hedlin, Catherine D ^a   Hedlin, Michael A H ^a   Walker, Kristoffer T ^a   Drob, Douglas P ^b   Zumberge, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; FADING (RADIO); MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPECIFICATIONS; STANDARDS; TRAJECTORIES; WIND POWER;

ARRIVAL TIMES; ATLANTIS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELLING; DUCTING; EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE; ENSONIFICATION; FLORIDA; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; INFRA SOUND; INFRASOUND SIGNALS; POSITIONAL INFORMATION; PROPAGATION MODELING; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMIC STATIONS; SHADOW ZONES; SHOCK FRONTS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; STRATOSPHERIC WINDS;

FORECASTING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND; SPACE FLIGHT; TELEMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ACOUSTICS; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SPACECRAFT; TIME FACTORS; WIND;

EID: 52449094362     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2956475     Document Type: Article

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