The widespread influence of Great Lakes microseisms across the United States revealed by the 2014 polar vortex
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Abstract
During the winter of 2014, a weak polar vortex brought record cold temperatures to the north‐central (“Midwest”) United States, and the Great Lakes reached the highest extent of ice coverage (92.5%) since 1979. This event shut down the generation of seismic signals caused by wind‐driven wave action within the lakes (termed “lake microseisms”), giving an unprecedented opportunity to isolate and characterize these novel signals through comparison with nonfrozen time periods. Using seismic records at 72 broadband stations, we observe Great Lakes microseism signals at distances >300 km from the lakes. In contrast to conventional oceanic microseisms, there is no clear relationship between the frequency content of the seismic signals (observed from ~0.5–5‐s period) and the dominant swell period or resonance periods of the lakes based on their bathymetric profiles. Thus, the exact generation mechanism is not readily explained by conventional microseism theory and warrants further investigation.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The widespread influence of Great Lakes microseisms across the United States revealed by the 2014 polar vortex |
| Series title | Geophysical Research Letters |
| DOI | 10.1002/2017GL076690 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Year Published | 2018 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Geophysical Union |
| Contributing office(s) | Geologic Hazards Science Center |
| Description | 9 p. |
| First page | 3436 |
| Last page | 3444 |
| Other Geospatial | Great Lakes |
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