Strong winds over mountains and infrasound: possible applications for detecting regions related to aircraft turbulence reports

Measurements of infrasound during the winter months near the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains often detect large-scale acoustic source regions. Often these regions will slowly move in a north/south direction with time over hours or days. At times there are discrete, strong signals at discrete azimuths suggesting that some limited regions (terrain features) are more effective at sound production. Comparisons made with upper level winds and turbulence reports from aircraft permit evaluations of potential uses for remote sensing of hazardous regions aloft. We discuss preliminary results and possible uses.