Noise barriers in a refracting atmosphere

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-238

  Salomons, Erik M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric refraction; Downwind propagation; Ground reflection; Noise barriers; Upwind propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION; DOWNWIND PROPAGATION; NOISE BARRIERS; UPWIND PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS;

EID: 0030103553     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-682X(95)00047-D     Document Type: Article

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