title: Using sound of target impact for acoustic reconstructions of shooting events.
abstract: The sound of a bullet hitting a target is sometimes discernable in an audio recording of a shooting event and can be used to determine the distance from shooter to target. This paper provides an example where the microphone is adjacent to the shooter and presents the simple mathematics needed in cases where the microphone is adjacent to the target. Spectrograms of the sound of bullet impact on a human-sized animal are also presented.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Air Force Academy, CO 80840-6210, USA. michael.courtney@usafa.edu
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Courtney
authors.forename: Amy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Courtney
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D000818:Animals; D003670:Deer; D005389:Firearms; D044709:Forensic Ballistics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055641:Mathematical Concepts; D013018:Sound Spectrography