The first detection of an earthquake from a balloon using its acoustic signature

Q Brissaud, S Krishnamoorthy… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme temperature and pressure conditions on the surface of Venus present formidable
technological challenges against performing ground‐based seismology. Efficient coupling …

Infrasound from a buried chemical explosion recorded on a balloon in the lower stratosphere

DC Bowman, S Krishnamoorthy - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Infrasound waveforms generated by natural and anthropogenic phenomena contain
important clues about the size and nature of the event. We show that sensors on balloons in …

Detection of the large surface explosion coupling experiment by a sparse network of balloon-borne infrasound sensors

EA Silber, DC Bowman, M Ronac Giannone - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, high-altitude infrasound sensing has become more prolific, demonstrating
an enormous value especially when utilized over regions inaccessible to traditional ground …

Long duration flights in Venus' atmosphere using passive solar hot air balloons

TK Schuler, DC Bowman, JS Izraelevitz, D Sofge… - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar balloons are a promising platform for providing multi-hour flights in and above the
upper cloud layer of Venus. The temperature and pressure profiles from 55–75 km above …

Infrasound and low-audible acoustic detections from a long-term microphone array deployment in Oklahoma

TC Wilson, CE Petrin, BR Elbing - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
A three-microphone acoustic array (OSU1), with microphones that have a flat response from
0.1 to 200 Hz, was deployed for 6 years (2016–2022) at Oklahoma State University (OSU) in …

Data release report for the source physics experiment phase II: Dry alluvium geology experiments (DAG-1 through DAG-4), Nevada National Security Site

JM Larotonda, MJ Townsend - 2021 - osti.gov
The Dry Alluvium Geology (DAG) project was Phase II of the Source Physics Experiment and
consisted of a series of four chemical explosive tests conducted in the same source hole on …

The AtmoSOFAR channel: First direct observations of an elevated acoustic duct

SA Albert, DC Bowman, EA Silber… - Earth and Space …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Sound Fixing and Ranging (SOFAR) channel in the ocean allows for low
frequency sound to travel thousands of kilometers, making it particularly useful for detecting …

Infrasound measurement system for real-time in situ tornado measurements

BC White, BR Elbing, IA Faruque - Atmospheric Measurement …, 2022 - amt.copernicus.org
Previous work suggests that acoustic waves at frequencies below human hearing
(infrasound) are produced during tornadogenesis and continue through the life of a tornado …

[HTML][HTML] The BIRDIES Experiment: Measuring Beryllium Isotopes to Resolve Dynamics in the Stratosphere

S Wharton, AJ Hidy, TS Ehrmann, W Zhu, SN Skinner… - Atmosphere, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cosmogenic beryllium-10 and beryllium-7, and the ratio of the two (10Be/7Be), are powerful
atmospheric tracers of stratosphere–troposphere exchange (STE) processes; however …

Performance Characterization of Heliotrope Solar Hot-Air Balloons during Multihour Stratospheric Flights

TD Swaim, E Hough, Z Yap, JD Jacob… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Heliotropes are passive solar hot-air balloons that are capable of achieving nearly level
flight within the lower stratosphere for several hours. These inexpensive flight platforms …