The sound-speed gradient and refraction in the near-ground atmosphere

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 750-757

  Wilson, D Keith ^a,b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; GRADIENT METHODS; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; REFRACTION;

ACOUSTICS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE; THEORY; VELOCITY; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 0037330272     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1532028     Document Type: Article

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