Development of a Comprehensive Seismic Yield Estimation System for Underground Nuclear Explosions

This report summarizes progress which has been achieved during the past year in the development of a comprehensive new seismic yield estimation system (YES) for underground nuclear explosions. Specifically, a prototype version of YES which is applicable to explosions at the Soviet Shagan River and N...

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Main Authors: Murphy, J. R., Jenab, J. N.
Other Authors: S-CUBED LA JOLLA CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1992
Subjects:
Seismology
Nuclear Weapons
*NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
*YIELD(NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS)
*NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DETECTION
*UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS
*SEISMOLOGY
COMPUTER PROGRAMS
NETWORKS
GEOLOGY
WAVE PROPAGATION
SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES
SEISMOGRAPHS
SEISMOLOGICAL STATIONS
WAVES
YIELD
ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
ESTIMATES
EXPLOSIONS
COMPUTERS
PROPAGATION
USSR
YIELD ESTIMATION
SOFTWARE SYSTEM
SHAGAN RIVER
NOVAYA ZEMLYA
X WINDOW
YES(YIELD ESTIMATION SYSTEM)
CSS(CENTER FOR SEISMIC STUDIES)
USAEDS(UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY DETECTION SYSTEM)
GDSN(GLOBAL DIGITAL SEISMIC NETWORK)
CDSN(CHINESE DIGITAL SEISMIC NETWORK)
IRIS(INCORPORATED RESEARCH INSTITUTION FOR SEISMOLOGY)
DMA(DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY)
SPOT
PE62714E
WUPL9A10DABF
Novaya Zemlya
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA254346
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA254346
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Summary:This report summarizes progress which has been achieved during the past year in the development of a comprehensive new seismic yield estimation system (YES) for underground nuclear explosions. Specifically, a prototype version of YES which is applicable to explosions at the Soviet Shagan River and Novaya Zemlya test sites is described in detail. In its current configuration, the YES encompasses a database of more than 10,000 digital seismograms recorded at stations of the USAEDS, GDSN, CDSN and IRIS networks from explosions at these two test sites. For both test areas, information regarding the explosion source environment is presented to the analyst in the context of SPOT (tm) satellite images of the sites, together with associated surface and subsurface geologic information and DMA topographic data. The on-line database for YES also contains a wide variety of tabular information including complete event and station location files containing both classified and unclassified locations, standard travel-time tables for the seismic arrivals used for yield estimation, propagation path and station corrections for use in magnitude determinations and a comprehensive instrument response database. The capabilities and functionality of the current version of the YES system are graphically illustrated in Section 2 using displays of the screens encountered by an analyst in a typical processing session.

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