Attenuation of sound in glacier ice from 2 to 35&thinsp;kHz

Meyer, Alexander; Eliseev, Dmitry; Heinen, Dirk; Linder, Peter; Scholz, Franziska; Weinstock, Lars Steffen; Wiebusch, Christopher; Zierke, Simon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1381-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1381-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1381-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

Research article

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25 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 25 Apr 2019

Attenuation of sound in glacier ice from 2 to 35 kHz

Alexander Meyer, Dmitry Eliseev, Dirk Heinen, Peter Linder, Franziska Scholz, Lars Steffen Weinstock, Christopher Wiebusch, and Simon Zierke

Data sets

Attenuation of 20 Sound in Glacier Ice from 2 kHz to 35 kHz A. Meyer, D. Eliseev, D. Heinen, P. Linder, F. Scholz, L. S. Weinstock, C. Wiebusch, and S. Zierke https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899252

Short summary

The acoustic damping in natural glaciers is a largely unexplored physical property that has relevance for various applications particularly for the exploration of glaciers with probes. We present measurements of the attenuation of sound in situ on the Italian glacier Langenferner. The tested frequency ranges from 2 to 35 kHz. The attenuation length ranges between 13 m for low frequencies and 5 m for high frequencies.