Global morphology of infrasound propagation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Drob, Douglas P ^a   Picone, J M ^a   Garces M ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic propagation; Atmospheric models; Infrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 1342289391     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003307     Document Type: Article

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