Paraxial ray tracing for atmospheric wave propagation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Virieux, J ^a   Garnier, N ^b,c   Blanc, E ^c   Dessa, J X ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Physique UMR CNRS ENSL   (France)

^c Lab de Detection et de Geophysique   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

0350 Atmospheric composition and structure: Pressure; 0399 Atmospheric composition and structure: General or miscellaneous; 0689 Electromagnetics: Wave propagation (4275); 3367 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Theoretical modeling; 3384 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Waves and tides; and temperature; density

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RAY TRACING; WIND EFFECTS;

GROUND IMPACTS; PARAXIAL RAY TRACING; SONIC WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; TRAJECTORY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 11844276573     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020514     Document Type: Article

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