Infrasound production by bolides: A global statistical study

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 208-229

  Ens, T A ^a   Brown, P G ^a   Edwards, W N ^b   Silber, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bolide; Energy; Infrasound; Shock

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; BOLIDE; DATA SETS; DETECTION RANGE; EMPIRICAL EXPRESSION; ENERGY; INFRASOUND; LONG RANGE; LOW AND HIGH FREQUENCIES; LOWER LIMITS; NUCLEAR TESTS; RANGE-INDEPENDENT; SATELLITE SENSORS; SCALING EXPONENT; SHOCK; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SOURCE-RECEIVER PATH; STATISTICAL STUDY; WAVE FORMS;

GEOPHYSICS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861003287     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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