Advances in machine learning (ML) techniques and computational capacity have yielded state‐of‐the‐art methodologies for processing, sorting, and analyzing large seismic data sets. In this study, we consider an application of ML for automatically identifying dominant types of impulsive seismicity contained in observations from a 34‐station broadband seismic array deployed on the Ross Ice Shelf (RIS), Antarctica from 2014 to 2017. The RIS seismic data contain signals and noise generated by many glaciological processes that are useful for monitoring the integrity and dynamics of ice shelves. Deep clustering was employed to efficiently investigate these signals. Deep clustering automatically groups signals into hypothetical classes without the need for manual labeling, allowing for the comparison of their signal characteristics and spatial and temporal distribution with potential source mechanisms. The method uses spectrograms as input and encodes their salient features into a lower‐dimensional latent representation using an autoencoder, a type of deep neural network. For comparison, two clustering methods are applied to the latent data: a Gaussian mixture model (GMM) and deep embedded clustering (DEC). Eight classes of dominant seismic signals were identified and compared with environmental data such as temperature, wind speed, tides, and sea ice concentration. The greatest seismicity levels occurred at the RIS front during the 2016 El Niño summer, and near grounding zones near the front throughout the deployment. We demonstrate the spatial and temporal association of certain classes of seismicity with seasonal changes at the RIS front, and with tidally driven seismicity at Roosevelt Island.

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A new anemometer will be described for application to a wide range of difficult flow problems. This comprises a combined optical fringe and two-spot optical system of very great flexibility and a 10 ns "burst correlator" which can record and process bursts of individual photons from single particle transits. Operation is by photon correlation followed by Fourier cosine transformation at turbulence frequencies up to 10 KHz.