Author:
Adam V.,Chritin V.,Rossi M.,Lancker E. Van
Abstract
The first recordings of acoustic signals associated with avalanches go back to the 1970s when premonitory low-frequency acoustic emission was observed in the snow cover just before the setting off of natural avalanches (Sommerfeld, 1977; Sommerfeld and Gubler, 1983). Recently, it has been demonstrated that avalanches also produce strong infrasonic vibrations in air during their movement. These infrasonic vibrations propagate great distances and can follow the natural relief. It was then a question of automatically detecting this emission to monitor avalanche activity, with a view to improving forecasting and assisting in the study of certain aspects of avalanche dynamics.With the double aim of pursuing investigations on the mechanics of the acoustic emission from avalanches and designing an automatic detection system, our laboratory has developed specific instrumentation, the essential link of which is an array of infrasonic microphones associated with a goniometer. Systematic measurements of the infrasonic emissions are being carried out, not only of the natural or released avalanches themselves but of all events with the aim of characterizing the former in relation to “infrasonic noise”.
Publisher
International Glaciological Society
Cited by
12 articles.
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