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Parameters of infrasonic waves generated by the Chelyabinsk meteoroid on February 15, 2013

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Data from infrasound stations are used to determine the basic parameters of infrasonic waves generated during the passage and airburst of the Chelyabinsk space body: time lag, duration, spectral structure, dispersion dependence, and celerity. A simulation is performed for the parameters of the infrasonic waves. A comparison between the simulation and observation results shows a good agreement.

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  2. Main Center of Special Control, State Space Agency of Ukraine, Gorodok, Ukraine

    O. I. Liashchuk

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Original Russian Text © L.F. Chernogor, O.I. Liashchuk, 2017, published in Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel, 2017, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 60–72.

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Chernogor, L.F., Liashchuk, O.I. Parameters of infrasonic waves generated by the Chelyabinsk meteoroid on February 15, 2013. Kinemat. Phys. Celest. Bodies 33, 79–87 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0884591317020027

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