Monitoring The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Source Location

Author : Frode Ringdal,Brian L.N. Kennett,Brian Leslie Norman Kennett
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 376436534X

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In September 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting nuclear explosions worldwide, in all environments. The treaty calls for a global verification system, including a network of 321 monitoring stations distributed around the globe, a data communications network, an international data centre (IDC), and on-site inspections, to verify compliance. This volume contains research papers focusing on seismic ecent location in the CTBT context. The on-site inspection protocol of the treaty specifies a search area not to exceed 1000 square km. Much of the current research effort is therefore directed towards refining the accuracy of event location by including allowances for three-dimensional structure within the Earth. The aim is that the true location of each event will lie within the specified source zone regarding postulated location. The papers in this volume cover many aspects of seismic event location, including the development of algorithms suitable for use with three-dimensional models, allowances for regional structure, use of calibration events and source-specific station corrections. They provide a broad overview of the current international effort to improve seismic event location accuracy, and the editors hope that it will stimulate increased interest and further advances in this important field.

Author : Frode Ringdal,Brian L.N. Kennett
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034882507

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Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Source Location by Frode Ringdal,Brian L.N. Kennett Pdf

In September 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting nuclear explosions worldwide, in all environments. The treaty calls for a global verification system, including a network of 321 monitoring stations distributed around the globe, a data communications network, an international data centre (IDC), and on-site inspections, to verify compliance. This volume contains research papers focusing on seismic ecent location in the CTBT context. The on-site inspection protocol of the treaty specifies a search area not to exceed 1000 square km. Much of the current research effort is therefore directed towards refining the accuracy of event location by including allowances for three-dimensional structure within the Earth. The aim is that the true location of each event will lie within the specified source zone regarding postulated location. The papers in this volume cover many aspects of seismic event location, including the development of algorithms suitable for use with three-dimensional models, allowances for regional structure, use of calibration events and source-specific station corrections. They provide a broad overview of the current international effort to improve seismic event location accuracy, and the editors hope that it will stimulate increased interest and further advances in this important field.

Author : Frode Ringdal,Brian Leslie Norman Kennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
ISBN : 081766534X

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Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty by Frode Ringdal,Brian Leslie Norman Kennett Pdf

Author : Zoltan A. Der,Robert H. Shumway,Eugene T. Herrin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034881449

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Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Data Processing and Infrasound by Zoltan A. Der,Robert H. Shumway,Eugene T. Herrin Pdf

On September 10, 1996, The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Copmprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting nuclear explosions worldwide, in all environments. The treaty calls for a global verification system, including a network of 321 monitoring stations distributed around the globe, a data communications network, an international data center (IDC), and on-site inspections, to verify compliance. This volume presents certain recent research results pertaining on methods used to process data recorded by instruments of the International Monitoring System (IMS) and addressing recording infrasound signals generated by atmospheric explosions. Six papers treating data processing provide an important selection of topics expected to contribute to improving our ability to successfully monitor a CTBT. Five papers concerning infrasound include descriptions of ways in which that important research area can contribute to CTBT monitoring, the automatic processing of infrasound data, and site conditions that serve to improve the quality of infrasound data.

Author : Goran Ekstrom,Marvin Denny,John R. Murphy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 3764365528

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Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Source Processes and Explosion Yield Estimation by Goran Ekstrom,Marvin Denny,John R. Murphy Pdf

Pure appl. geophys., by 161 nations. Entry of the treaty into force, however, is still uncertain since it requires ratification by all 44 nations that have some nuclear capability and, as of 15 June 2001, only 31 of those nations have done so. Although entry of the CTBT into force is still uncertain, seismologists and scientists in related fields, such as radionuclides, have proceeded with new research on issues relevant to monitoring compliance with it. Results of much of that research may be used by the International Monitoring System, headquartered in Vienna, and by several national centers and individual institutions, to monitor compliance with the CTBT. New issues associated with CTBT monitoring in the 21st century have presented scientists with many new challenges. They must be able to effectively monitor com pliance by several countries that have not previously been nuclear powers. Effective monitoring requires that we be able to detect and locate much smaller nuclear events than ever before and to distinguish them from small earthquakes and other types of explosions. We must have those capabilities in regions that are seismically active and geologically complex, and where seismic waves might not propagate efficiently.

Author : Frode Ringdal,Brian L.N. Kennett,Catherine de Groot-Hedlin,John Orcutt,Howard J. Patton,Brian J. Mitchell,Göran Ekström,Marvin Denny,John R. Murphy,Anatoli L. Levshin,Michael H. Ritzwoller,William Walter,Hans E. Hatse,Zoltan A. Der,Robert H. Shumway,Eugene T. Herrin
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 3764369361

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Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty by Frode Ringdal,Brian L.N. Kennett,Catherine de Groot-Hedlin,John Orcutt,Howard J. Patton,Brian J. Mitchell,Göran Ekström,Marvin Denny,John R. Murphy,Anatoli L. Levshin,Michael H. Ritzwoller,William Walter,Hans E. Hatse,Zoltan A. Der,Robert H. Shumway,Eugene T. Herrin Pdf

In September 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting nuclear explosions worldwide, in all environments. The treaty calls for a global verification system, including a network of 321 monitoring stations distributed around the globe, a data communications network, an international data centre (IDC), and on-site inspections, to verify compliance. This set of 7 volumes contains research papers focusing on seismic event location, hydroacoustics, regional wave propagation and crustal structure, source processes and explotion yield estimation, surface waves, seismic event discrimination and identification, data processing, and infrasound in the CTBT context.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Panel on Basic Research Requirements in Support of Comprehensive Test Ban Monitoring
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309174503

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Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Panel on Basic Research Requirements in Support of Comprehensive Test Ban Monitoring Pdf

On September 24, 1996, President Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at the United Nations Headquarters. Over the next five months, 141 nations, including the four other nuclear weapon statesâ€"Russia, China, France, and the United Kingdomâ€"added their signatures to this total ban on nuclear explosions. To help achieve verification of compliance with its provisions, the treaty specifies an extensive International Monitoring System of seismic, hydroacoustic, infrasonic, and radionuclide sensors. This volume identifies specific research activities that will be needed if the United States is to effectively monitor compliance with the treaty provisions.

Author : Anatoli L. Levshin,Michael Ritzwoller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034882644

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Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Surface Waves by Anatoli L. Levshin,Michael Ritzwoller Pdf

On September 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting nuclear explosions worldwide, in all environments. The treaty calls for a global verification system, including a network of 321 monitoring stations distributed around the globe, a data communications network, an international data center (IDC), and on-site inspections to verify compliance. Seismic methods play the lead role in monitoring the CTBT. This volume concentrates on the measurement and use of surface waves in monitoring the CTBT. Surface waves have three principal applications in CTBT monitoring: to help discriminate nuclear explosions from other sources of seismic energy, to provide mathematical characterizations of the seismic energy that emanates from seismic sources, and to be used as data in inversion for the seismic velocity structure of the crust and uppermost mantle for locating small seismic events regionally. The papers in this volume fall into two general categories: the development and/or application of methods to summarize information in surface waves, and the use of these summaries to advance the art of surface-wave identification, measurement, and source characterization. These papers cut across essentially all of the major applications of surface waves to monitoring the CTBT. This volume therefore provides a general introduction to the state of research in this area and should be useful as a guide for further exploration.

Author : William R. Walter,Hans E. Hartse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034881692

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Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Seismic Event Discrimination and Identification by William R. Walter,Hans E. Hartse Pdf

In September 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting nuclear explosions worldwide, in all environments. The treaty calls for a global verification system, including a network of 321 monitoring stations distributed around the globe, a data communications network, an international data center, and onsite inspections, to verify compliance. The problem of identifying small-magnitude banned nuclear tests and discriminating between such tests and the background of earthquakes and mining-related seismic events, is a challenging research problem. Because they emphasize CTBT verification research, the 12 papers in this special volume primarily addresses regional data recorded by a variety of arrays, broadband stations, and temporarily deployed stations. Nuclear explosions, earthquakes, mining-related explosions, mine collapses, single-charge and ripple-fired chemical explosions from Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America are all studied. While the primary emphasis is on short-period, body-wave discriminants and associated source and path corrections, research that focuses on long-period data recorded at regional and teleseismic distances is also presented Hence, these papers demonstrate how event identification research in support of CTBT monitoring has expanded in recent years to include a wide variety of event types, data types, geographic regions and statistical techniques.

Author : Eystein S. Husebye,Anton M. Dainty
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 843 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401104197

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Monitoring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty by Eystein S. Husebye,Anton M. Dainty Pdf

An international treaty banning the testing of any nuclear device in any environment - a comprehensive test ban treaty (CTBT) - has been on the political agenda for nearly 40 years. Objections to a CTBT have been political, technical, or a combination of both. However, the possibilities seem better after the end of the Cold War. In the prevailing, cooperative disarmament climate a CTBT appears likely to be approved by most countries in 1996. Hence the great current interest in monitoring technologies and capabilities. Such issues are comprehensively addressed here, a preamble being devoted to the political developments and setbacks over the past 40 years. Since seismic means are considered the dominant monitoring element, they are explored in detail. Contributions cover network deployments, advanced signal processing, wave propagation in heterogeneous media, and seismic source representations, and a variety of techniques for source classification (including neural networks). Complementary monitoring techniques, such as hydroacoustics, radionuclides and infrasound, are also summarised. The IAEA operation for monitoring compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty is also presented. The book also includes eyewitness accounts of the Soviet 50 Mt megabomb development and test, as well as the efforts made by the state to monitor the nuclear test programmes of the western powers. Includes some 33 articles written by distinguished scientists active in CTBT monitoring research for decades.

Author : Ed. K.R. Gupta
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
ISBN : 8171568092

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Comprehensive Nuclear Test-ban Treaty [ctbt] by Ed. K.R. Gupta Pdf

There Has Been A Lively Debate, For The Last Three Years, On The Question Whether Or Nor India Should Sign The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty [Ctbt]. In Spite Of Great Importance Of The Subject For National Security, The Full Text Of Ctbt Is Not Easily Available. The Present Book Fulfills This Gap. This Will Enable The Experts And The Common Man To Have Better Understanding Of The On-Going Debate On The Subject. The Editor Contends That India Should Not Sign Such A Discriminatory And Inequitable Treaty. Signing Of Such A Treaty Would Hinder India S Efforts To Safeguard Its Security.It Is Hoped That The Book Would Be Of Great Value To The Researchers And Students Of Defence Studies, Parliamentarians, Senior Executives Concerned With Defence And The Common Readers.

Author : Catherine de Groot-Hedlin,John Orcutt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034882705

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Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty: Hydroacoustics by Catherine de Groot-Hedlin,John Orcutt Pdf

In September 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting nuclear explosions worldwide, in all environments. The treaty calls for a global verification system, including a network of 321 monitoring stations distributed around the globe, a data communications network, an international data centre (IDC), and on-site inspections, to verify compliance. A global hydroacoustic monitoring system is being planned and implemented for verification of the CTBT. Much of the research conducted over the past several decades on acoustic surveillance of the oceans, formerly driven by the need to detect and track submarines, is now being applied to the development of effective monitoring methods to verify compliance with the CTBT. The aim of this volume on Hydroacoustic Monitoring of the CTBT is to summarize the research being conducted in this field and to provide basic references for future research. Much of the new research emphasizes major advances in understanding the coupling of ocean acoustic waves with elastic waves in the solid Earth. Topics covered include source excitation, detection and classification of events generating hydroacoustic signals, discrimination between underwater explosions and naturally occurring events, as well as topics in coupling of acoustic to seismic wavefields.

Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Reviewing and Updating Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309149983

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The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty by National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Reviewing and Updating Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pdf

This report reviews and updates the 2002 National Research Council report, Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). This report also assesses various topics, including: the plans to maintain the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile without nuclear-explosion testing; the U.S. capability to detect, locate, and identify nuclear explosions; commitments necessary to sustain the stockpile and the U.S. and international monitoring systems; and potential technical advances countries could achieve through evasive testing and unconstrained testing. Sustaining these technical capabilities will require action by the National Nuclear Security Administration, with the support of others, on a strong scientific and engineering base maintained through a continuing dynamic of experiments linked with analysis, a vigorous surveillance program, adequate ratio of performance margins to uncertainties. This report also emphasizes the use of modernized production facilities and a competent and capable workforce with a broad base of nuclear security expertise.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PURD:32754068488240

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Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty by Anonim Pdf

Author : Goran Ekstrom,Marvin Denny,John R. Murphy
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034883108

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Monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Source Processes and Explosion Yield Estimation by Goran Ekstrom,Marvin Denny,John R. Murphy Pdf

Pure appl. geophys., by 161 nations. Entry of the treaty into force, however, is still uncertain since it requires ratification by all 44 nations that have some nuclear capability and, as of 15 June 2001, only 31 of those nations have done so. Although entry of the CTBT into force is still uncertain, seismologists and scientists in related fields, such as radionuclides, have proceeded with new research on issues relevant to monitoring compliance with it. Results of much of that research may be used by the International Monitoring System, headquartered in Vienna, and by several national centers and individual institutions, to monitor compliance with the CTBT. New issues associated with CTBT monitoring in the 21st century have presented scientists with many new challenges. They must be able to effectively monitor com pliance by several countries that have not previously been nuclear powers. Effective monitoring requires that we be able to detect and locate much smaller nuclear events than ever before and to distinguish them from small earthquakes and other types of explosions. We must have those capabilities in regions that are seismically active and geologically complex, and where seismic waves might not propagate efficiently.