T-Phase Observations from the May 1999 Ascension Island Experiment.

[摘要] The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) specifies that an International Monitoring System (IMS) will be used to detect and locate disturbances that could be related to nuclear testing. In order to monitor disturbances in and near the world's oceans, the IMS will rely on a network of 11 hydroacoustic stations. This hydroacoustic network will be composed of 6 hydrophone stations and 5 T-phase seismic stations. The hydrophone stations will record pressure variations in the ocean. The T-phase stations will record the seismic waves in the solid earth that are excited when an hydroacoustic wave strikes an island or continental margin. The coupling of hydroacoustic-to-seismic energy for the purpose of CTBT monitoring is currently an active area of research. We report observations of hydroacoustic waves and their conversion to seismic waves (T-waves) at the volcanic edifice of Ascension Island.

[发布机构] Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

[学科分类] 工程和技术（综合）

[关键词] Seismic waves;Hydroacoustics;Seismic detection;Underwater acoustics;Seismic data