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TI: Charting a Course for the Infrasound Renaissance
AU: * Garces, M
EM: milton@isla.hawaii.edu
AF: University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 United States
AU: Bass, H
AF: University of Mississippi, NCPA, Oxford, MS 38677 United States
AU: Hedlin, M
AF: University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 United States
AU: Hayward, C
AF: Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275 United States
AU: Bowman, R
AF: Science Applications International Corporation, 10260 Campus Pt Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 United States
AU: Brown, D
AF: Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, 2601
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AU: Businger, S
AF: University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 United States
AU: Butler, R
AF: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, 1200 New York Ave. NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC
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AU: Chouet, B
AF: U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 910, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 United States
AU: Drob, D
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave., Washington, DC 20375 United States
AU: Hetzer, C
AF: University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 United States
AU: Koyanagi, S
AF: U.S. Geological Survey
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, P.O. Box 51, 1 Crater Rim Drive, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718 United States
AU: Mattioli, G
AF: University of Arkansas, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayettville, AR 72701 United States
AU: McCormack, D
AF: Geological Survey of Canada, 1 Observatory Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0Y3
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AU: Merrifield, M
AF: University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 United States
AU: Pack, D
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AU: Swanson, D
AF: U.S. Geological Survey
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, P.O. Box 51, 1 Crater Rim Drive, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718 United States
AU: Veith, K
AF: ITT Industries, 2560 Huntington Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22303 United States
AU: Voight, B
AF: Pennsylvania State University, 334A Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802 United States
AU: Willis, M
AF: University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 United States
AB:
The turn of the 21st century marks the onset of a renaissance in the field of infrasound, which had been dormant for ~30
years. The ongoing deployment of a global infrasound network has reawakened the field to a world of high-resolution digital
array data, rapid communication, and seemingly unlimited growth in computing power. Complex phenomena that could only be
addressed in general terms three decades ago can now be measured, analyzed, and modeled with unprecedented fidelity. Many
fundamental problems in infrasound are now being revisited, and infrasonic observations are being integrated with other
technologies (such as seismic, strainmeter and infrared) for the discovery of new phenomena or the refinement of geophysical
studies.
On July 24-25, 2003, the National Science Foundation sponsored a group of infrasound experts and interdisciplinary
researchers to convene in Waikoloa, Hawaii, and chart a course for basic US infrasound research. The conveners selected key
projects that would lead to significant advances in our understanding of infrasound generated by effusive and explosive
volcanoes, ocean swells, bolides, fauna, severe weather, and long-period atmospheric instabilities. Projects were also
proposed to refine our knowledge of atmospheric dynamics and transport mechanisms. A sampling of these projects is discussed
in light of their contributions to our fundamental scientific understanding and their impact on the geophysical community.
UR: http://www.inframatics.org
DE: 3307 Boundary layer processes
DE: 3360 Remote sensing
DE: 7299 General or miscellaneous
DE: 8419 Eruption monitoring (7280)
DE: 9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
SC: U
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting