Sentences with phrase «detecting acoustic waves»

That is why Chiang Mei at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Usama Kadri at Cardiff University, UK, hope to give people more notice by detecting the acoustic waves that precede earthquake - triggered tsunamis.

The current network of early tsunami detection buoys could be used to detect any acoustic waves.

Not exact matches

Ground - coupled airwaves or GCAs occur when an acoustic wave in the atmosphere impacts Earth's surface, producing a ground wave that can be detected by seismometers.

They were also able to distinguish between seismic and acoustic events on the networks, which can be helpful in determining whether the detected signals represent subsurface movement at a volcano or surface explosions that create acoustic waves.

Star B, a orange - red dwarf with a relatively calm chromosphere and acoustic p - wave mode oscillations, is an easier target for detecting wobbles from terrestrial planets, possibly within only three years of «high cadence» observations for a 1.8 Earth - mass planet (more from New Scientist and Guedes et al, 2008).

Hydrogen - bond acidic polymers are most widely used on acoustic wave sensors, which use sound waves in quartz chips to detect the vapors that are absorbed by the polymer.

With crumple zones set up to absorb impact shock - waves on which airbag sensors depend, adding an acoustic sensor to detect typical crash sounds and cross-checking them against deceleration data can make the millisecond's difference that might save a life.