Accession Number:
AD0750781
Title:
Spectral Whitening with Application to Explosion pP
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
TELEDYNE GEOTECH ALEXANDRIA VA SEISMIC DATA LAB
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Report Date:
1972-01-12
Pagination or Media Count:
81.0
Abstract:
A method is proposed for whitening the spectra of teleseismic P waves to aid in the determination of event depths. The method uses a network of common recording stations, all of which must have recorded signals from a suite of closely-spaced events, e.g., a set of underground explosions. Individual spectra are whitened by removing a path-recording site response determined by averaging spectra from the suite of events as recorded at a single station. The whitened spectra from a single event are then summed over the recording network to yield a whitened source spectra. The whitening process enhances spectra components in the band 2 to 5 Hz.
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Subject Categories:
- Seismology
- Seismic Detection and Detectors