A re-analysis of the atmospheric and ionospheric effects of the Flixborough explosion

Krasnov, V. M.; Drobzheva, Ya.V.; Venart, J. E. S.; Laštovička, Jan

doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2003.07.010

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“…This appears to be typical of the third world. This situation is quite different from the one existing in developed countries where dust explosions are recognized as very major industrial hazards that can match or exceed the ferocity of well-known industrial disasters like the one that occurred in Flixborough [38], and meticulous attention is paid towards their analysis, prevention, and control. …”

Section: Illustrative Case Histories Of a Few Major Dust Explosionsmentioning

confidence: 75%

Dust explosions–Cases, causes, consequences, and control

Abbasi

2007

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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Section: Illustrative Case Histories Of a Few Major Dust Explosionsmentioning

confidence: 75%

Dust explosions–Cases, causes, consequences, and control

Abbasi

2007

Journal of Hazardous Materials

406

153

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“…The aim of contemporary research activity is basically twofold: (i) contribution to remote detection of underground nuclear explosions, and (ii) search for the energy deposition by infrasound and its impact on processes in the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. More detailed information about explosion-oriented research may be found in Krasnov et al (2003) or Krasnov and Drobzheva (2005). A review paper for Surveys in Geophysics is under preparation.…”

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Forcing of the ionosphere by waves from below

Laštovička

2006

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

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“…Due to this reason the acoustic calculations based on the real temperature profile of the atmosphere may give results that are different from the results obtained by Warshaw and Dubois (1981). Drobzheva and Krasnov have tested their model simultaneously at all eight measurement locations over the height range from about 10 to 260 km Krasnov et al, 2003). The correlation coefficient between the calculated and experimental forms of the Doppler response was in the range from 0.85 to 0.989.…”

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Recent Advances and Difficulties of Infrasonic Wave Investigation in the Ionosphere

2006

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Acoustic waves have a remarkable ability to transfer energy from the ground up to the uppermost layers of the atmosphere. On the ground, there are many permanent sources of infrasound, and also pulsed and/or sporadic sources (e.g., sea waves, infrasonic and sonic noise of cities, lightning, earthquakes, explosions, etc.). The infrasonic waves carry away the major part of their energy upwards through the atmosphere. What are the consequences of the upward energy transfer? What heights of the atmosphere are supplied by energy from various sources of an infrasonic wave? In most cases, the answers to these questions are not well known at present. The only opportunity to monitor the propagation of an infrasonic wave to high altitudes is to watch for its influence on the ionospheric plasma. Unfortunately, most of standard equipment for ionospheric sounding, as a rule, cannot detect plasma fluctuations in the infrasonic range. Besides, the form of an infrasonic wave strongly varies during propagation due to nonlinear effects. However, the development of the Doppler method of radiosounding of the ionosphere has enabled progress to be made. Simultaneously, the ionospheric method for sensing aboveground and underground explosions has been developed. Its main advantage is the remote observation of an explosion in the near field zone by means of short radio waves, i.e., the radio sounding of the ionosphere directly above the explosion. The theory of propagation of an acoustic pulse produced by an explosion on the ground up to ionospheric heights has been developed better than the theory for other sources, and has been quantitatively confirmed by experiments. A review of some advances in the area of infrasound investigations at ionospheric heights is given and some current problems are presented.

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A re-analysis of the atmospheric and ionospheric effects of the Flixborough explosion

Cited by 16 publications

References 17 publications

Dust explosions–Cases, causes, consequences, and control

Dust explosions–Cases, causes, consequences, and control

Forcing of the ionosphere by waves from below

Recent Advances and Difficulties of Infrasonic Wave Investigation in the Ionosphere

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