Fiber‐Optic Airplane Seismology on the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream
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Fiber‐Optic Airplane Seismology on the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. / Fichtner, Andreas; Hofstede, Coen; N. Kennett, Brian L.; Nymand, Niels F.; Lauritzen, Mikkel L.; Zigone, Dimitri; Eisen, Olaf.
I: The Seismic Record, Bind 3, Nr. 2, 16.05.2023, s. 125-133.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Fiber‐Optic Airplane Seismology on the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream
AU - Fichtner, Andreas
AU - Hofstede, Coen
AU - N. Kennett, Brian L.
AU - Nymand, Niels F.
AU - Lauritzen, Mikkel L.
AU - Zigone, Dimitri
AU - Eisen, Olaf
PY - 2023/5/16
Y1 - 2023/5/16
N2 - We present distributed fiber‐optic sensing data from an airplane landing near the EastGRIP ice core drilling site on the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. The recordings of exceptional clarity contain at least 15 easily visible wave propagation modes corresponding to various Rayleigh, pseudoacoustic, and leaky waves. In the frequency range from 8 to 55 Hz, seven of the modes can be identified unambiguously. Based on an a priori firn and ice model that matches P‐wave dispersion and the fundamental Rayleigh mode, a Backus–Gilbert inversion yields an S‐wavespeed model with resolution lengths as low as a few meters and uncertainties in the range of only 10 m/s. An empirical scaling from S wavespeed to density leads to a depth estimate of the firn–ice transition between 65 and 71 m, in agreement with direct firn core measurements. This work underlines the potential of distributed fiber‐optic sensing combined with strong unconventional seismic sources in studies of firn and ice properties, which are critical ingredients of ice core climatology, as well as ice sheet dynamics and mass balance calculations.
AB - We present distributed fiber‐optic sensing data from an airplane landing near the EastGRIP ice core drilling site on the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. The recordings of exceptional clarity contain at least 15 easily visible wave propagation modes corresponding to various Rayleigh, pseudoacoustic, and leaky waves. In the frequency range from 8 to 55 Hz, seven of the modes can be identified unambiguously. Based on an a priori firn and ice model that matches P‐wave dispersion and the fundamental Rayleigh mode, a Backus–Gilbert inversion yields an S‐wavespeed model with resolution lengths as low as a few meters and uncertainties in the range of only 10 m/s. An empirical scaling from S wavespeed to density leads to a depth estimate of the firn–ice transition between 65 and 71 m, in agreement with direct firn core measurements. This work underlines the potential of distributed fiber‐optic sensing combined with strong unconventional seismic sources in studies of firn and ice properties, which are critical ingredients of ice core climatology, as well as ice sheet dynamics and mass balance calculations.
U2 - 10.1785/0320230004
DO - 10.1785/0320230004
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 125
EP - 133
JO - The Seismic Record
JF - The Seismic Record
SN - 2694-4006
IS - 2
ER -
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