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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-647
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-647
22 Sep 2026
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A decade-scale catalog of coherent atmospheric infrasound transients from a three-element array at Jang Bogo Station, Terra Nova Bay, East Antarctica (2017–2026)

Yongcheol Park, Jinhoon Jung, and Won Sang Lee

Abstract. Long, continuous infrasound records from the Antarctic coast are rare, but they provide passive, all-weather observations of cryospheric, oceanic, and atmospheric processes. We present a decade-scale catalog of coherent atmospheric infrasound transients recorded by the three-element KIS (KOPRI InfraSound) array at Jang Bogo Station, Terra Nova Bay, East Antarctica. Across 2,507 array-days spanning 2017–2026, we identified 23,768 coherent acoustic transients using an STA/LTA coincidence detector followed by inter-element coherence and slowness analysis. Of these, 22,711 were recorded in the 100 Hz HDF stream and 1,057 in the 20 Hz BDF stream, which bridges a 2021–2022 configuration gap. Each catalog entry includes detection time, duration, inter-element coherence, wavefront back-azimuth, apparent velocity, signal-to-noise ratio, nominal-equivalent pressure, directional sector, and recording stream. The apparent-velocity distribution is sharply concentrated around 333 m s⁻¹, consistent with acoustic propagation. The median event duration is 6.5 s, and the catalog contains both impulsive and emergent waveform classes. The catalog and its per-event waveform windows are openly archived under a CC BY 4.0 license at Zenodo (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21882394) (Park et al., 2026d), and the catalog is mirrored at the Korea Polar Data Center (https://doi.org/10.22663/KOPRI-KPDC-00003159) (Park et al., 2026f). Worked examples show that the catalog captures the coherent infrasound of the 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption and a transient from the direction of David Glacier that follows a local glacial earthquake. The dataset provides a reusable resource for cryo-acoustic and infrasound-monitoring studies on the Antarctic margin. Physical interpretation of the directional source families is presented in a companion analysis paper.

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Data sets

A decade-scale catalogue of coherent atmospheric infrasound transients at Terra Nova Bay, East Antarctica (2017–2026), with per-event waveform windows Yongcheol Park; Won Sang Lee; Jinhoon Jung https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21882394

Dataset Open KIS continuous infrasound records during the 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption (14–18 January 2022), Terra Nova Bay, East Antarctica Yongcheol Park; Won Sang Lee; Jinhoon Jung https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22786158

Model code and software

KIS infrasound transient detector: code for the Terra Nova Bay (Antarctica) 2017–2026 coherent-infrasound-transient catalogue (v2) Yongcheol Park; Jinhoon Jung; Won Sang Lee https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21867891

Yongcheol Park, Jinhoon Jung, and Won Sang Lee
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Antarctica is difficult to monitor continuously, especially through winter and bad weather. We assembled a decade-long record of 23,768 low-frequency atmospheric sound events recorded at Jang Bogo Station from 2017 to 2026. The open dataset includes timing, direction, signal strength, and waveform information, providing a new resource for studying changes in the Antarctic coastal environment and for testing infrasound monitoring methods.
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