2006 Infrasound Technology Workshop

Workshop DVD Available Online!

Registered participants will be receiving a DVD containing all of the Workshop presentations — along will all supporting multi-media content — abstracts, and session summaries via postal mail. In the meantime, all are invited to peruse and download the DVD content online.

Introduction

Infrasonic waves are long-wavelength, low-frequency acoustic waves that are below the frequency range of human hearing. They can be detected on the Earth’s surface by arrays of specialized microphones operating in the passband from 0.02 to 10 Hertz. Infrasound propagates with little attenuation over great distances from many different natural and man-made sources. Large atmospheric acoustic sources such as: volcanic eruptions, bolides (terminating meteoric explosions), the ocean surface, chemical and nuclear detonations generate copious quantities of infrasound that can propagate on a global scale. Infrasound from these various sources can be detected and used to infer certain knowledge about the source mechanism and/or atmosphere through which the waves traveled.

Each year an Infrasound Technology Workshop is organized to provide infrasound researchers from various international institutions the opportunity to meet with colleagues and present current results in an informal setting. The annual meeting is unique in that it gathers together the virtually all of the world’s infrasound experts in a single location. Information from past meetings can be found at infraMatics.org.

Administrative Information

This year, the 2006 Infrasound Technology Workshop will be held 25-28 September 2006 and is being hosted by the Geophysical Institute in Fairbanks, Alaska. The Geophysical Institute is on the campus of the the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). The Workshop is organized in cooperation with the Provisional Technical Secretariat of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna, Austria. Additional support for the Workshop is provided for by the U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command / U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command Technical Center (SMDC-TC) in Huntsville, Alabama.

The Geophysical Institute is located between 2–10 km of the hotels serving Fairbanks. Bus transport to and from the official Workshop hotel will be provided each day. For those choosing to make use of a rental car, parking passes for UAF will be provided. Wireless Internet access is available at the Geophysical Institute. The registration fee will be US$250 can be paid during the meeting or in advance. This includes a tour, reception, AM and PM snacks, lunches, and a banquet. A contribution of US$100 is requested for partners not joining the meeting but joining in for the social program. Registration may be completed by filling out the registration form.

Proceedings

For this Workshop all presentations will be in a lecture format (there will not be any poster space available). Speakers are kindly requested to provide their presentations in digital format (preferably Power Point) for the proceedings. Digital presentations will be collected during the meeting or can be sent in advance to the Convener. Following the Workshop, a CD copy of the proceedings will be made available to all participants.

Updates

This site will be updated continuously and will be available following the conference for an online version of the proceedings and session summaries. Please check frequently for updates.