Effect of a Fine-Scale Layered Structure of the Atmosphere on Infrasound Signals from Fragmenting MeteoroidsOPEN ACCESS
Igor P. Chunchuzov, Oleg E. Popov, Elizabeth A. Silber & Segey N. Kulichkov Pure and Applied Geophysics, Published: 26 September 2025 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We investigate the influence of a fine-scale (FS) layered structure…
BLADE: An Automated Framework for Classifying Light Curves from the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) Fireball DatabaseOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Vedant Sawal Preprint, accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal (18 Jun 2025) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Fireballs (bolides) are high-energy luminous phenomena produced when meteoroids and small asteroids enter Earth’s atmosphere at…
Multi-parameter constraints on empirical infrasound period-yield relations for bolides and implications for planetary defenseOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Iyare Oseghae, Eloy Peña Asensio, Mark Boslough, Rodney Whitaker, Christoph Pilger, Philip Lubin, Vedant Sawal, Claus Hetzer, Randy Longenbaugh, Peter Jenniskens, Brin Bailey, Esther Mas Sanz, Patrick Hupe, Alexander…
Investigating the relationship between bolide entry angle and apparent direction of infrasound signal arrivalsOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber Accepted for publication in Pure and Applied Geophysics (18 March 2025) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Infrasound sensing offers critical capabilities for detecting and geolocating bolide events globally. However, the observed back azimuths, directions…
Bolide infrasound signal morphology and yield estimates: A case study of two events detected by a dense acoustic sensor networkOPEN ACCESS
Trevor C. Wilson, Elizabeth A. Silber, Thomas A. Colston, Brian R. Elbing, Thom R. Edwards Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal, Feb 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Two bolides (2 June 2016 and 4 April…
Perspectives and challenges in bolide infrasound processing and interpretation: A focused review with case studiesOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber Remote Sensing. 2024; 16(19):3628 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Infrasound sensing plays a critical role in the detection and analysis of bolides, offering passive, cost-effective global monitoring capabilities. Key objectives include determining the timing,…
A comparison of fireball luminous efficiency models using acoustic records
Luke McFadden, Peter G. Brown, Denis Vida IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 August 2024 LINK “Highlights “The total energy of a fireball is commonly obtained from optical measurements with an assumed value for…
The utility of infrasound in global monitoring of extraterrestrial impacts: A case study of the 23 July 2008 Tajikistan bolideOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Among various observational techniques used for detection of large bolides on a global scale is a low frequency sound known as infrasound….
The optical, seismic, and infrasound signature of the March 5 2022, bolide over Central ItalyOPEN ACCESS
Marco Olivieri, Davide Piccinini, Gilberto Saccorotti, Dario Barghini, Daniele Gardiol, Nicola Alessandro Pino, Maurizio Ripepe, Giulio Betti, Giorgio Lacanna & Lorenzo Arcidiaco Scientific Reports, Volume 13, Article number: 21135Published: 30 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
A Review of Infrasound and Seismic Observations of Sample Return Capsules Since the End of the Apollo Era in Anticipation of the OSIRIS-REx ArrivalOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Daniel C. Bowman and Sarah Albert Atmosphere 2023, 14(10), 1473, Review article LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Advancements in space exploration and sample return technology present a unique opportunity to leverage sample return…
Méthode des rayons complexes pour la propagation infrasonore. Application au bang sonique d’un météoroïde
Annie Zelias PhD thesis (in French) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Most of high-energy atmospheric phenomena, either natural (meteoroids, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.) or anthropogenic (aircraft, chemical or nuclear explosions, etc.) emit acoustic waves of frequencies lower than…
Infrasound signals of fireballs detected by the Geostationary Lightning MapperOPEN ACCESS
T. Ott, E. Drolshagen, D. Koschny, G. Drolshagen, C. Pilger, P. Gaebler, P. Hupe, P. Mialle, J. Vaubaillon and B. Poppe A&A 654, A98 (2021)Received 16 April 2021 / Accepted 19 July 2021 PDF (OPEN…
Fireball characteristics derivable from acoustic dataOPEN ACCESS
Luke McFadden, Peter Brown, Denis Vida, Pavel Spurný PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (5 March 2021): LINK Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics “Highlights • Fragmentation and ballistic energy estimates by seismic/infrasonic data.• Ballistic trajectory and…
Combination of infrasound signals and complementary data for the analysis of bright fireballs
Theresa Ott, Esther Drolshagen, Detlef Koschny, Pierrick Mialle, Christoph Pilger, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Gerhard Drolshagen, Björn Poppe Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 10 August 2019 LINK “Highlights • Detailed analysis of…
Refinement of Bolide Characteristics from Infrasound measurementsOPEN ACCESS
Nayeob Gi, Peter Brown PDF (OPEN ACCESS) arXiv:1704.07794 Update (29 April 2017): LINK “We have detected and performed signal measurements on 78 individual bolide events as recorded at 179 infrasound stations between 2006 and 2015….
Numerical prediction of meteoric infrasound signaturesOPEN ACCESS
Marian Nemec, Michael J. Aftosmis, Peter G. Brown Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 March 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “We present a thorough validation of a computational approach to predict…
CTBT infrasound network performance to detect the 2013 Russian fireball event
Pilger, Christoph; Ceranna, Lars; Ross, J. Ole; Le Pichon, Alexis; Mialle, Pierrick; Garcés, Milton A. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 42, Issue 7, pp. 2523-2531 04/2015 Article first published online: 9 APR 2015 LINK
Optical observations of meteors generating infrasound: Weak shock theory and validation
Silber, E. A., P. G. Brown, and Z. Krzeminski (2015) J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JE004680 Article first published online: 18 MAR 2015 LINK
Optical Observations of Meteors Generating Infrasound – II: Weak Shock Theory and Validation
Elizabeth A. Silber, Peter G. Brown, Zbigniew Krzeminski Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets arXiv:1411.5406 PDF LINK LINK
Infrasound detection of the Chelyabinsk meteor at the USArray
Catherine D. de Groot-Hedlin, Michael A.H. Hedlin Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 402, 15 September 2014, Pages 337–345 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.031 LINK
A sensitivity analysis of meteoric infrasound
Haynes, C. P., and C. Millet Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Vol 118 Issue 10 Haynes CP and Millet C (in press) LINK
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