DETECTION AND ASSESSMENT OF SECONDARY SONIC BOOMS IN NEW ENGLAND

This report documents the results of a secondary sonic boom detection and assessment program conducted by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Transportation Systems Center in New England during the summer of 1979. Measurements of both acoustic and infrasonic signals were made. Measurement data and ray trace computations demonstrate that the secondary sonic booms frequently reported by New England residents are created by the Concorde passenger flight off the New England coast enroute to Kennedy Airport in New York City. Signal amplitudes show side fluctuations from flight to flight, from day to day, and with geographic locations. A brief set of measurements made in Applebachsville PA, show a similar day to day variability and are correlated with Concorde flights into Dulles Airport in Virginia.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • Rickley, E J
  • Pierce, A D
• Publication Date: 1980-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 137 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic detectors; Acoustic measuring instruments; Acoustics; Aircraft noise; Atmosphere; Computer programs; Frequency (Electromagnetism); Jet propelled aircraft; Mathematical prediction; Meteorological phenomena; Sonic boom; Stratosphere; Supersonic aircraft; Supersonic speed; Supersonic transport planes; Time; Waveform analysis; Weather; Wind
• Geographic Terms: Atlantic Ocean; Massachusetts; Pennsylvania
• Old TRIS Terms: Acoustic detection; Acoustic measurement; Infrasonic radiation; Jet plane noise; Overpressure; Supersonic flight; Upper atmosphere; Waveform
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00326237
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TSC-FAA-80-10, FAA-AEE-80-22
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 11 2002 12:00AM