Atmospheric waves and global seismoacoustic observations of the January 2022 Hunga eruption, Tonga

RS Matoza, D Fee, JD Assink, AM Iezzi, DN Green… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The 15 January 2022 climactic eruption of Hunga volcano, Tonga, produced an explosion in
the atmosphere of a size that has not been documented in the modern geophysical record …

Natural and anthropogenic sources of seismic, hydroacoustic, and infrasonic waves: Waveforms and spectral characteristics (and their applicability for sensor …

M Schwardt, C Pilger, P Gaebler, P Hupe… - Surveys in …, 2022 - Springer
The record of seismic, hydroacoustic, and infrasonic waves is essential to detect, identify,
and localize sources of both natural and anthropogenic origin. To guarantee traceability and …

A review of blast loading in the urban environment

A Ratcliff, S Rigby, S Clarke, S Fay - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Urban blasts have become a significant concern in recent years. Whilst free-field blasts are
well understood, the introduction of an urban setting (or any complex geometry) gives rise to …

Identifying attacks in the Russia–Ukraine conflict using seismic array data

BDE Dando, BP Goertz-Allmann, Q Brissaud, A Köhler… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Seismometers are generally used by the research community to study local or distant
earthquakes, but seismograms also contain critical observations from regional, and global …

Comprehensive study on the catastrophic explosion of ammonium nitrate stored in the warehouse of Beirut port

G Yu, Y Wang, L Zheng, J Huang, J Li, L Gong… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract On August 4 in Beirut Port, Lebanon, a catastrophic explosion occurred at a
warehouse, claiming 204 deaths and injured more than 7000 individuals, with a property …

Energetic output of the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha 'apai volcanic eruption from pressure measurements

JS Díaz, SE Rigby - Shock Waves, 2022 - Springer
The violent eruption of the volcano at Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha 'apai island on January 15,
2022, generated an intense pressure wave registered by instruments all over the world …

Acoustic waves from a distant explosion recorded on a continuously ascending balloon in the middle stratosphere

SK Popenhagen, DC Bowman, C Zeiler… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A helium‐filled mylar balloon carrying a smartphone and infrasound sensors ascended to a
stratospheric height of 35 km over the surface detonation of a chemical explosive, with a …

Blast wave kinematics: theory, experiments, and applications

JS Diaz, SE Rigby - Shock Waves, 2022 - Springer
Measurements of the time of arrival of shock waves from explosions can serve as powerful
markers of the evolution of the shock front for determining crucial parameters driving the …

Behavior of steel liner tray walls under external blast: Experimental testing and numerical simulations

F Dinu, C Neagu, R Laszlo, E Ghicioi, M Senila… - Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Explosions produced in urban or industrial areas due to accidental or intentional detonation
of explosives are low-probability but high-impact events. If standoff distance from buildings …

Evidence for short temporal atmospheric variations observed by infrasonic signals: 1. The troposphere

G Averbuch, M Ronac‐Giannone… - Earth and Space …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Infrasound monitoring is used in the forensic analysis of events, studying the physical
processes of sources of interest, and probing the atmosphere. The dynamical nature of the …