The Refraction of Microseisms on Approaching the Coast of the British Isles

Refraction diagrams are drawn for 6-sec microseisms when they approach the British Isles from the SW, WSW, W, WNW and NW directions. Refraction diagrams are also drawn for 4-s and 8-s microseisms approaching from a westerly direction. The diagrams show that all the westerly microseisms are very much reduced. This effect is confirmed by measurement of the vertical component of the microseisms due to sixteen storms which occurred during the period 1945–53.