High Trace Velocity (HTV) infrasonic signals Possible origin
Swedish-Finnish Infrasound Network
Locally Observed Meteor Events
HTV signal signature
HTV signal scalogram
Atmospheric vortices Stenflo, L.: Acoustic solitary vortices. Phys. Fluids, 30 (10), 3297, 1987.
Satellite weather images
Occurrence of HTV signals in Kiruna and Sodankylä
a sample from Kiruna
a sample from Sodankylä
Sodankylä-motion pictures
Intensity pattern on the ground
Intensity ellipse
Shape of the intensity ellipse for both samples 230x690 m 190x380 m
Some properties Carry a lot of acoustic energy (up to 40 W/m2*sec) Are visible on the meteorological radar
Kiruna infrasound and ESRANGE radar
ESRANGE radar
Similar phenomena? Certain forms of atmospheric turbulence Cold air vortex Some boundary layer phenomena? Martian dust-devils
Cold air vortex
Martian dust-devil