Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration (지구물리와물리탐사)

Korean Society of Earth and Exploration Geophysicists (한국지구물리·물리탐사학회)
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State-of-the-art Studies on Infrasound Monitoring in Korea

국내 인프라사운드 관측기술의 최신 연구 동향

  • Che, Il-Young (Earthquake Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Lee, Hee-Il (Earthquake Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Jeon, Jeong-Soo (Earthquake Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Shin, In-Cheul (Earthquake Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Chi, Heon-Cheol (Earthquake Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
  • 제일영 (한국지질자원연구원 지진연구센터) ;
  • 이희일 (한국지질자원연구원 지진연구센터) ;
  • 전정수 (한국지질자원연구원 지진연구센터) ;
  • 신인철 (한국지질자원연구원 지진연구센터) ;
  • 지헌철 (한국지질자원연구원 지진연구센터)
  • Received : 2010.07.31
  • Accepted : 2010.08.19
  • Published : 2010.08.31
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Abstract

Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) has installed and operated seven seismoacoustic (infrasound) arrays as well as seismic stations in Korea. The seismo-acoustic array, which consists of co-located seismometers and micro-barometers, can observe both seismic and infrasonic signals from distant explosive phenomena. The infrasound is defined as low frequency (<20 Hz) acoustic waves in atmosphere. In particular, it can be detectable at long distance due to its low energy attenuation during propagation in atmosphere. KIGAM adopted the infrasound technology to discriminate surface explosions from earthquakes only because the surface explosion generally generates infrasound following seismic signal. In addition to surface explosions, these arrays have detected diverse geophysically natural and artificial phenomena, such as infrasound signal from the North Korean nuclear test. This review introduced the state-of-the-art studies and examples of infrasonic signals in and around the Korean Peninsula. In conclusion, infrasound technology would be clearly accepted itself as a new Earth monitoring technology by expanding its detectable regime to lithosphere-Earth surface-atmosphere. In future, an advanced technology, which allows to analyze seismic and infrasonic wave fields together, will enlarge the understanding of geophysical phenomena and be used as a robust analysis method for remote explosive phenomena in the broad infrasound regime.

한국지질자원연구원은 광역 지진관측망 이외에도 7 개소의 지진-음파(인프라사운드) 관측소를 설치하여 운영하고 있다. 이들 배열식 지진-음파 관측소는 지진파 이외에도 원거리 음원에서 발생하는 인프라사운드 신호를 관측할 수 있다. 인프라사운드란 대기권을 전파하는 20 Hz 이하 저주파수 음파로 정의되며, 에너지 감쇠가 적어 장거리를 전파하기 때문에 원거리에서 관측이 가능하다. 국내 인프라사운드 관측기술은 우선적으로 자연지진과 인공지진(지표발파)을 식별하기 위해 도입되었다. 지난 10여 년간 국내 인프라사운드 관측소를 운영한 결과 지진원 식별이외에도 다양한 지구물리학적 자연현상과 북한의 핵실험 등 인위적 폭발현상에서 발생한 인프라사운드를 관측할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서는 국내 인프라사운드 관측소를 통해 한반도 및 주변지역에서 발생한 주요 인프라사운드 음원에 대한 관측사례와 연구결과를 소개하고자 한다. 결론적으로, 인프라사운드 관측기술은 기존 대기에 국한된 관측영역을 넓혀 지구내부-지표면-대기권에서 발생하는 다양한 자연 혹은 인위적 현상을 관측하고 분석할 수 있는 새로운 지구관측기술의 하나로 자리 잡고 있다. 향후 지진파와 인프라사운드를 융합한 탐지, 분석기술 개발은 자연현상에 대한 지구물리학적 이해를 넓히고 인위적 폭발현상에 대한 원거리 정밀탐지기술로 응용이 가능하리라 판단된다.

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