S41B-4490:
Recent Infrasound Calibration Activity at Los Alamos
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Rodney W Whitaker, Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Omar E Marcillo, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Abstract:
Absolute infrasound sensor calibration is necessary for estimating source sizes from measured waveforms. This can be an important function in treaty monitoring. The Los Alamos infrasound calibration chamber is capable of absolute calibration. Early in 2014 the Los Alamos infrasound calibration chamber resumed operations in its new location after an unplanned move two years earlier. The chamber has two sources of calibration signals. The first is the original mechanical piston, and the second is a CLD Dynamics Model 316 electro-mechanical unit that can be digitally controlled and provide a richer set of calibration options. During 2008-2010 a number of upgrades were incorporated for improved operation and recording. In this poster we give an overview of recent chamber work on sensor calibrations, calibration with the CLD unit, some measurements with different porous hoses and work with impulse sources.
