High-intensity rocket noise: Nonlinear propagation, atmospheric absorption, and characterization

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 578-591

  McInerny, Sally Anne ^a   Ölçmen, Semih M ^a  

^a Box 870280   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ROCKETS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; DATA SETS; NONLINEAR PROPOGATION; ROCKET NOISE;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DENSITY; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; SPACE FLIGHT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THICKNESS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 13544274213     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1841711     Document Type: Article

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