Calibrating infrasonic to seismic coupling using the Stardust sample return capsule shockwave: Implications for seismic observations of meteors

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Oct 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007jgrb..11210306e&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 112, Issue B10, CiteID B10306

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Seismology: General Or Miscellaneous, Seismology: Surface Waves And Free Oscillations, Atmospheric Processes: Acoustic-Gravity Waves, Mathematical Geophysics: Wave Propagation (0689, 2487, 4275, 4455, 6934), Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects: Meteors

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Shock waves produced by meteoroids are detectable by seismograph networks, but a lack of calibration has limited quantitative analysis of signal amplitudes. We report colocated seismic and infrasound observations from reentry of NASA's Stardust sample return capsule (SSRC) on 15 January 2006. The velocity of the SSRC (initially 12.5 km/s) was the highest ever for an artificial object, lying near the low end of the 11.2-72 km/s range typical of meteoroids. Our infrasonic/seismic recordings contain an initial N wave produced by the hypersonic shock front, followed ~10 s later by an enigmatic series of weak, secondary pulses. The seismic signals also include an intervening dispersed wave train with the characteristics of an air-coupled Rayleigh wave. We determine an acoustic-seismic coupling coefficient of 7.3 +/- 0.2 μm s-1/Pa. This represents an energy admittance of 2.13 +/- 0.15%, several orders of magnitude larger than previous estimates derived from earthquake or explosive analogs. Theoretical seismic response was computed using in situ V P and V S measurements, together with laboratory density measurements from samples of the clay-rich playa. Treatment of the air-ground interface as an idealized air-solid contact correctly predicts the initial pulse shape but underestimates its seismic amplitude by a factor of ~2. Full-wave synthetic seismograms simulate the air-coupled Rayleigh wave and suggest that the secondary arrivals are higher-order Airy phases. Part of the infrasound signal appears to arise from coupling of ground motion into the air, much like earthquake-induced sounds.

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