Calculating the micrometeorological influences on the speed of sound through the atmosphere in forests

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 4 I, 2003, Pages 1796-1806

  Tunick, Arnold ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; WIND EFFECTS;

MICROMETEOROLOGY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY;

ACOUSTICS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; CANOPY; COMPUTER MODEL; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOREST; HEAT; HEIGHT; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 0142121659     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1608960     Document Type: Article

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