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Albert 1998
Albert, D.G. (1998). Theoretical modeling of seismic noise propagation in firn at the South Pole, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters 25: doi: 10.1029/1998GL900155. issn: 0094-8276.

The problem of interfering noise (produced by ground vehicles) on teleseismic arrivals recorded by Global Seismic Network sensors at South Pole Station is addressed. Using the wavenumber integration method, theoretically calculated seismograms show that installing the GSN sensors in a borehole 200 to 300 m deep, 10 km away from the Station, will significantly reduce the vehicle-generated noise and improve signal quality. Because the intrinsic attenuation of seismic waves propagating in the polar firn is low, most of the predicted noise reduction results from wavefront spreading, Rayleigh wave amplitude decay with depth, and from placing the sensors below the refractive waveguide that traps much of the seismic energy in the near surface layers.

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Keywords
Seismology, Seismology, Theory and modeling
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Geophysical Research Letters
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