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Monday 2003, October 27

08:30-09:30 Shuttle buses from Sea Lodge to Hubbs Hall.
09:00-11:00 Registration
10:00-10:30 Break

11:00-11:20
Opening
Michael Hedlin

Session: IMS Network/IDC Processing
Chairs: David McCormack and John Olson

11:20-11:40
Establishment of the CTBT IMS Infrasound Network - A Status Report [pg 21]
Alberto Vivas Veloso

11:40-12:00
Provisional Operation and Maintenance of the CTBT IMS Infrasound Network [pg 22]
Thomas Hoffmann

12:00-12:20
Infrasound Processing at the IDC and its Near-Term Development [pg 23]
Petr Firbas

12:20-12:40
Infrasound Processing at the IDC using DFX-PMCC [pg 24]
Nicolas Brachet

12:40-14:00 Lunch (Martin Johnson House - T-29)

Session: IMS Network/IDC Processing (continued)
Chairs: David McCormack and John Olson

14:00-14:20
Changes in the Performance of the IMS Infrasound Network due to Seasonal Propagation Effects [pg 25]
David Norris and Robert Gibson

Session: New developments I (Stations)
Chairs: Rodney Whitaker and Ludwik Liszka

14:20-14:40
Installation and Operation of the Infrasound Station I27DE Neumayer, Antarctica [pg 26]
Gernot Hartmann and Lars Ceranna

14:40-15:00
IMS station IS11, Cape Verde Islands [pg 27]
António Gonçalves, Inocêncio Barros and Zuleyka Bandmo

15:00-15:20
IS40 and Infrasound Waves from Volcanic Eruptions [pg 28]
Ima Itikarai, Paola Campus, Pavel Martysevich and Thomas Hoffmann

15:20-15:40
Introduction of the Preliminary Study for IS15 & IS16 [pg 29]
Xiaofeng Chen, Jun Liu, Rongbao Shen, Xiaohang Wang, and Songbei Li

15:40-16:00 Discussion

16:00-17:00 Shuttle buses to Sea Lodge

17:00-19:00 Ice breaker on the garden patio at the Sea Lodge Hotel

Tuesday 2003, October 28

08:00-09:00 Shuttle buses from Sea Lodge hotel to Hubbs Hall

Session: New Developments II
Chairs: David Brown and Alberto Vivas Veloso

09:10-09:30
Update on GINA - the Global Infrasound Archive [pg 30]
David McCormack and Jim Blinkhorn

09:30-09:50
Update on the InfraMatics Organization and the AGU Union Session on Infrasound [pg 31]
Michael Hedlin, Hank Bass, David Brown, Paola Campus, Xiaofeng Chen, Milton Garces, Sergey Kulichkov, Manohar Lal and Chris Hayward

09:50-10:10
Ongoing efforts in the Formation of an International Infrasound Consortium [pg 32]
Milton Garces

10:10-10-40 Break

Session: Sources I
Chairs: Alexis Le Pichon and David Norris

10:40-11:00
Tracing a Meteoric Trajectory with Infrasound [pg 33]
Läslo Evers and Hein Haak

11:00-11:20
Statistical Detection of Meteor Showers using Data from the Swedish Infrasound Network [pg 34]
Ludwik Liszka

11:20-11:40
Auroral Infrasound Observed at I53US at Fairbanks, Alaska [pg 35]
Charles Wilson, John Olson and Daniel Osborne

11:40-12:00
Description and Analysis of Infrasound Signals Recorded from the North Pacific Event of February 22, 2003 [pg 36]
Joydeep Bhattacharyya, Claus Hetzer, Milton Garces and Victoria Oancea

12:00-13:20 Lunch (Martin Johnson House T-29)

Session: Sources II
Chairs: Milton Garces and Läslo Ever

13:20-13:40
Infrasonic Observations of Earthquakes [pg 37]
Rodney Whitaker and Paul Mutschlecner

13:40-14:00
Infrasound Associated with the 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake [pg 38]
John Olson, Charles Wilson and Roger Hansen

14:00-14:20
Recent Developments in Analyzing Infrasonic Signals Commonly Observed at I55US [pg 39]
Kenneth Arnoult, John Olson, Charles Wilson, Curt Szuberla and Daniel Osborne

14:20-14:40
Infrasound from the Seismic Tremor of Mt. Erebus Volcano Observed at I55US [pg 40]
Charles Wilson, John Olson and Daniel Osborne

14:40-15:10 Break

15:10-15:30
The Woomera Infrasound and Seismic Experiment, September-October 2002 [pg 41]
David Brown

15:30-15:50
Infrasound Observation in the Korean Peninsula [pg 42]
Il-Young Che, Jeong-Soo Jeon and Hee-Il Lee

15:50-16:10
Author and title TBA [pg 43]

16:10-17:00
Discussion and Posters

Peculiarities of Propagation and General Characteristics of Infrasound Waves of Explosions in Atmosphere [pg 58]
Vitalij Adushkin and I. Divnov

Infrasound Signals from Explosions in Mines of Joint-Stock Company "Apatit" of Kola Peninsula [pg 59]
Vitalij Adushkin, Yurij S. Rybnov and S. Brednev

Evaluation of Turbulent Noise Suppression Effectiveness During Microbarograph Measurements [pg 60]
S. P. Brednev, V.I. Kydryavcedv, Yurij S. Rybnov and V.A. Kharlamov

IS14 Infrasound Station, Juan Fernández Island (Robinson Crusoe), Chile [pg 61]
Jaime Campos and Edgar Kausel

Analysis of Infrasound Sources Detected by the I57US Array [pg 62]
Catherine de Groot-Hedlin and Michael A.H. Hedlin

Detection of Signals by Infrasound Station [pg 63]
V.A. Kharlamov and Yu S. Rybnov

Dynamic calibration of an Infrasound Data Acquisition System (MB2000 Microbarometer and Aubrac Digitizer) [pg 64]
Valery G. Kunakov and Pavel Martysevich

Lightning Induced Infrasonic Waves at Geomagentic Equator [pg 65]
Manohar Lal

Mechanical Sensitivity of Microbarometers MB2000 (France) and Chaparral M5 (USA) to Vertical and Horizontal Ground Motion [pg 66]
B. Alcoverro, C. Le Corre-Guimard, P. Dupont, Thierry Heritier, Pavel Martysevich, J-C. Queval, Y. Starovoit

Experimental Research of Atmosphere's Surface Layer and Underlying Surface Influence on Propagation of Acoustic Signals from Explosions [pg 67]
Yurij S. Rybnov, V.V. Adushkin, V.I. Kudryavcev and S.P Brednev

Infrasound from the September 24, 2002 Vitim (Siberian) Bolide Detected at Kola Peninsula [pg 68]
Oleg Shumilov, E.A. Kasatkina, S.N. Kulichkov, E.D. Tereshchenko, A.N. Vasilyev, O.M. Raspopov and A.G. Kanatjev

Kazakhstan Infrasound Network [pg 69]
Alexandr Smirnov

17:00-18:00 Shuttle buses from Hubbs Hall to Sea Lodge

19:00-22:00 Informal dinner at Michael and Catherine Hedlin's house.
Details to be provided on Monday.

Wednesday 2003, October 29

08:00-09:00 Shuttle Buses from Sea Lodge to Hubbs Hall

Session: Modeling
Chairs: Doug Drob and Joydeep Bhattacharyya

09:10-09:30
Modeling of Infrasound from the Space Shuttle Columbia Reentry [pg 44]
Robert Gibson and David Norris

09:30-09:50
Source Modeling of Microbarom Signals Generated by Nonlinear Ocean Surface Wave Interactions [pg 45]
Milton Garces, Claus Hetzer and Mark Willis

09:50-10:10
On Experience in Using the Pseudodifferential Parabolic Equation Method to Study the Problems of Long-Range Infrasound Propagation in the Atmosphere [pg 46]
Sergey Kulichkov, Konstantin Avilov, Oleg Popov and Anatoly Baryshnikov

10:10-10:30
On Using of Normal Mode Code to Forecast Infrasonic Signals at the Long Distances From Surface Explosions [pg 47]
Sergey Kulichkov, Konstantin Avilov, Oleg Popov and Anatoly Baryshnikov

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-11:20
Simulating the Propagation of Infrasound in the Atmosphere [pg 48]
Lars Ceranna

Session: Processing I
Chairs: Gerald D'Spain and Roger Bowman

11:20-11:40
Recent Developments on Infrasound Data Processing at the French NDC [pg 49]
Alexis Le Pichon, J.L. Plantet, Yves Cansi, J. Guilbert, P. Herry and S. Lambotte

11:40-12:00
Detection of Infrasonic Events Using a Sparse Global Network of Infrasound Stations [pg 50]
Michael O'Brien, Manoch Bahavar, Eli Baker, Milton Garces, Claus Hetzer, Hans Israelsson, Charles Katz, Colin Reasoner and Jeff Stevens

12:00-12:20
Design of Infrasound Detection and Parameter Estimation Systems [pg 51]
Hein Haak and Läslo Evers

12:20-13:30 Lunch (Martin Johnson House T-29)

Session: Processing II
Chairs: Hein Haak and Nicolas Brachet

13:30-13:50
Locating Bolide Fragmentations and Terminal Explosions using Arrival Times of Acoustic Waves [pg 52]
Wayne Edwards and A.R. Hildebrand

13:50-14:10
Location and Characterization of Infrasonic Events [pg 53]
Roger Bowman, Greg Beall, Doug Drob, Milton Garces, Claus Hetzer, Michael O'Brien, Gordon Shields

14:10-14:30
Bias and Uncertainty in Parameter Estimation in Infrasound Arrays [pg 54]
John Olson, Curt A. L. Szuberla, Charles R. Wilson, Kenneth M. Arnoult and Daniel Osborne

14:30-14:50
PMCC Analyses of Signals from the North American and Pacific Infrasound Network [pg 55]
Milton Garces and Claus Hetzer

14:50-15:20 Break

Session: Instrumentation/Noise Reduction
Chairs: Curt Szuberla and Petr Firbas

15:20-15:40
A Novel Piezoelectric-Cable Infrasound Sensor - Initial Results [pg 56]
Fred Kern, Steven Africk, Ryan Chavez, Paul Cataldi, Michael Hedlin and Clint Coon

15:40-16:00
Progress on Optical Fiber Infrasound Sensors [pg 57]
Mark Zumberge, Jon Berger, John Blum, Matt Dzieciuch, Kris Walker, and Michael Hedlin

16:00-16:45 Discussion and Meeting Summary
16:45-17:45 Shuttle Buses from Hubbs Hall to Sea Lodge Hotel
17:45-18:45 Shuttle Buses from Sea Lodge Hotel to Birch Aquarium
18:00-22:00 Workshop Dinner (Birch Aquarium)
21:30-22:30 Shuttle Buses from Birch Aquarium to Sea Lodge Hotel

Thursday 2003, October 31

Excursion to Piñon Flat and the Wild Animal Park

08:15-08:30 Bus loads at the Sea Lodge
08:30 (sharp) Bus departs for Piñon Flat Observatory
10:30 Bus arrives at PFO
10:30-12:30 Tour of PFO (I57US and experiments)
12:30 Bus departs for Wild Animal Park
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00 Bus arrives at the Wild Animal Park
14:00-17:00 Tour the Wild Animal Park (the bird show at 16:00 is highly recommended)
17:15-18:00 Bus trip back to Sea Lodge