A vertical eigenfunction expansion for the propagation of sound in a downward-refracting atmosphere over a complex impedance plane

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2540-2552

  Waxler, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

IMPEDANCE PLANE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE;

ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NIGHT; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0042425732     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1514930     Document Type: Article

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