Physics Department Seminar University of Alaska Fairbanks


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Snow Effects in Antarctic Infrasound
 
by
 
David Withoff
Wilson Infrasound Observatory, UAF Geophysical Institute

 

 

ABSTRACT

The UAF infrasound array in Antarctica provides a unique opportunity to study the propagation of sound in snow and the infrasound signals produced by the movement of snow. After a brief introduction to infrasound and a demonstration of instruments used to detect infrasound, I will describe our deployment of those instruments in Antarctica and show a few of the interesting and often mysterious signals that likely originate with sources such as snow avalanches, the settling of snow (aka firnstoss), and the atmosphere..



 

Friday, 4 May 2012

Globe Room, Elvey Building

3:45 PM