Part I History, Instrumentation, Network
1 The Characteristics of Infrasound, its Propagation and
Some Early History ........................................... 3
L.G. Evers and H.W. Haak
2 The IMS Infrasound Network: Design and Establishment
of Infrasound Stations ...................................... 29
D.R. Christie and P. Campus
3 Monitoring the Earth's Atmosphere with the Global IMS
Infrasound Network .......................................... 77
N. Brachet, D. Brown, R. Le Bras, Y. Cansi, P. Mialle,
and J. Coyne
4 Low-Noise Broadband Microbarometers ........................ 119
D. Ponceau and L. Bosca
5 A Review of Wind-Noise Reduction Methodologies ............. 141
K.T. Walker and M.A.H. Hedlin
Part II Sources, Observations, and Propagation
6 Worldwide Observations of Infrasonic Waves ................. 185
P. Campus and D.R. Christie
7 Infrasonic Observations of Open Ocean Swells in the
Pacific: Deciphering the Song of the Sea ................... 235
M. Garcés, M. Willis, and A. Le Pichon
8 Generation of Microbaroms by Deep-Ocean Hurricanes ......... 249
C.H. Hetzer, K.E. Gilbert, R. Waxler, and C.L. Talmadge
9 Acoustic-Gravity Waves from Earthquake Sources ............. 263
T. Mikumo and S. Watada
10 Seismic Waves from Atmospheric Sources and
Atmospheric/Ionospheric Signatures of Seismic Waves ........ 281
P. Lognonné
11 Acoustic-Gravity Waves from Impulsive Sources in the
Atmosphere ................................................. 305
D.O. ReVelle
12 Meteor Generated Infrasound: Theory and Observation ........ 361
W.N. Edwards
13 High-latitude Observations of Infrasound from Alaska
and Antarctica: Mountain Associated Waves and
Geomagnetic/Auroral Infrasonic Signals ..................... 415
C.R. Wilson, C.A.L. Szuberla, and J.V. Olson
14 Some Atmospheric Effects on Infrasound Signal Amplitudes ... 455
J.P. Mutschlecner and R.W. Whitaker
15 Atmospheric Variability and Infrasound Monitoring .......... 475
C.D. de Groot-Hedlin, M.A.H. Hedlin, and D.P. Drob
Part III Propagation Modeling in a Realistic Atmosphere
16 On the Prospects for Acoustic Sounding of the Fine
Structure of the Middle Atmosphere ......................... 511
S. Kulichkov
17 Numerical Methods to Model Infrasonic Propagation Through
Realistic Specifications of the Atmosphere ................. 541
D. Norris, R. Gibson, and K. Bongiovanni
18 Misty Picture: A Unique Experiment for the Interpretation
of the Infrasound Propagation from Large Explosive
Sources .................................................... 575
O. Gainville, Ph. Blanc-Benon, E. Blanc, R. Roche,
C. Millet, F. Le Piver, B. Despres, and P.R. Piserchia
19 Ground Truth Events: Assessing the Capability of
Infrasound Networks Using High Resolution Data Analyses .... 599
D.N. Green, A. Le Pichon, L. Ceranna, and L. Evers
Part IV Atmospheric Investigations from Global Continuous
Infrasound Monitoring
20 Contribution of Infrasound Monitoring for Atmospheric
Remote Sensing ............................................. 629
A. Le Pichon, J. Vergoz, Y. Cansi, L. Ceranna, and
D. Drob
21 Global Scale Monitoring of Acoustic and Gravity Waves
for the Study of the Atmospheric Dynamics .................. 647
E. Blanc, A. Le Pichon, L. Ceranna, T. Farges, J. Marty,
and P. Herry
22 Dynamics and Transport in the Middle Atmosphere Using
Remote Sensing Techniques from Ground and Space ............ 665
A. Hauchecorne, P. Keckhut, and Marie-Lise Chanin
23 The Representation of Gravity Waves in Atmospheric
General Circulation Models (GCMs) .......................... 685
F. Lott and С. Millet
24 Inversion of Infrasound Signals for Passive Atmospheric
Remote Sensing ............................................. 701
D.P. Drob, R.R. Meier, J.M. Picone, and M.M. Garcés
Index ......................................................... 733
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