The Ellipticity Filter-A Proposed Solution to the Mixed Event Problem in Nuclear Seismic Discrimination

Abstract

A proposed solution to the mixed event problem in nuclear seismic discrimination, termed the 'ellipticity filter', is cast in the form of a solution of the superposition equations defining the signals from a three- component seismometer station. Two cases of superposed signals are considered: Rayleigh with Rayleigh; Rayleigh with Love. Using the ellipticity constraint at the seismometer station site, the superposition equations defining each case are solved in closed form to yield the unknown complex source amplitudes and source azimuths. Actual filter procedure involves dividing the component signals into time intervals, taking the Fourier Transform for each time interval, and operating on each of the frequency components in a time interval with the ellipticity filter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 07, 1974
Accession Number
ADA000582

Entities

People

  • Bernard Harris
  • Eric Posmentier
  • Russell Gershman

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Classification
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Love Waves
  • Rayleigh Waves
  • Scientific Research
  • Seismic Discrimination
  • Seismometers
  • Signal Processing
  • Simulations
  • Surface Waves
  • Time Intervals
  • Waveforms
  • Waves

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  • Approximation Theory.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Seismology