Long Range Detection and Modeling of Sounding Rocket Launches
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The Army Research Laboratory has been running an infrasonic array at its Blossom Point Research Facility since the summer of 1998. The infrasonic array monitors events in the 3 8 Hz window 24 hours a day/7 days a week. Interesting events are tracked down to determine the source of the infrasonic energy. This paper will discuss a series of detections that were determined to be sounding rocket launches from Wallops Island, Virginia. The paper will also discuss acoustic modeling efforts to determine reasons the launches were not always detected.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003