Workshop Proposal for an Infrasound Consortium for Applied Research

次声领域研究大气声音的产生、传播和测量，这些声音太低，人耳无法感知。次声信号可以传播数千公里，可以用来研究大规模的地球物理过程。该领域一些比较诱人的研究课题包括大气被动声学探测、火山爆发动力学调查、地震破裂研究、通过流星探测评估星际通量率以及跟踪飓风和龙卷风。该奖项将支持一个为期两天的研讨会，以选择最能突出该领域对地球物理学贡献的项目和实验。将邀请与会者提供地球、大气和海洋科学领域的专门知识，以及可能与次声相结合以产生更大科学影响的各种技术。研讨会的结果将是一份报告，其中包括可能的概念验证实验、其成本和管理结构草案。

0333031GarcesThe field of infrasound studies the generation, propagation, and measurement of atmospheric sounds that are too bass to be perceived by human ears. Infrasonic signals may propagate for thousands of kilometers and can be used to study large-scale geophysical processes. Some of the more tantalizing research subjects in the field involve passive acoustic soundings of the atmosphere, investigations on the dynamics of volcanic eruptions, studies of earthquake ruptures, interstellar flux rate assessments from meteor detections, and tracking of hurricanes and tornadoes. This award will support a two-day workshop to select projects and experiments that will best highlight the field's contributions to geophysics. Participants will be invited to provide expertise in the fields of the earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences and the various technologies that may be integrated with infrasound to produce a greater scientific impact. The outcome of the workshop will be a report with possible proof-of-concept experiments, their cost, and a draft management structure.