The Buncefield explosion: A benchmark for infrasound analysis across Central Europe

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 491-508

  Ceranna, L ^a   Le Pichon, A ^b   Green, D N ^c   Mialle, P ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Seismic monitoring and test ban treaty verification; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; AMPLITUDE; ARRIVAL TIME; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BACK ANALYSIS; BENCHMARKING; EXPLOSION; INFRASONICS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; OIL FIELD; OIL SPILL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; SEISMOGRAPH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 64849094932     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03998.x     Document Type: Article

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