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The presented work relies on a two-dimensional finite-difference time domain (2D-FDTD) simulation to study infrasonic waves on Mars. The analysis was carried out considering the real infrasonic records on Earth for long-range propagation (>100 km) and comparing with those would have been recorded for Martian atmosphere. As well known, infrasound propagates on Earth at ranges of hundreds or thousands kilometres mainly due to the combination of low absorption coefficient of atmosphere and of stratospheric duct. Here, we show an example of this long-range propagation generated by major explosion at the Stromboli volcano, which was recorded in the near field at 500 m from the vent and, as stratospherical arrivals, at a distance of 120 km by infrasonic array located at ETNA volcano. The recorded waveform in near field was used to estimate the source time function applied both for Earth and Mars numerical simulations in order to analyse the different propagation behaviour in two atmospheres. Effects of atmospheric structure and absorption are included into the model. The Earth simulation successfully reproduced the stratospherical arrivals at ETNA volcano from the infrasound signal generated by the Stromboli explosion. The comparison between Earth’s and Mars’ numerical waveforms along the path well depicts the differences in infrasonic wave propagation caused by the strong differences of the two atmospheric properties and structures. Our numerical results highlight the strongly limited infrasound long-range propagation, even though at low frequency (1 Hz), in the Martian atmosphere with respect to Earth due to the lack of stratospherical dust and of larger atmospherical absorption.
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Lacanna, G., Pace, E., Ripepe, M. (2021). Infrasound Propagation on Mars Atmosphere. In: Leone, G. (eds) Mars: A Volcanic World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84103-4_10
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