Sound propagation in a turbulent atmosphere near the ground: A parabolic equation approach

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 5 I, 2001, Pages 1894-1908

  Ostashev, Vladimir E ^a,b   Salomons, Erik M ^c   Clifford, Steven F ^a   Lataitis, Richard J ^a   Wilson, D Keith ^d   Blanc Benon, Philippe ^e   Juvé, Daniel ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND EFFECTS;

RYTOV METHOD;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOUND PROPAGATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SOUND PRESSURE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0035031184     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1356022     Document Type: Article

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