Quasi-wavelet calculations of sound scattering behind barriers

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 605-627

  Wilson, D Keith ^a   Ostashev, Vladimir E ^b,c   Goedecke, George H ^c   Auvermann, Harry J ^d  

^a Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Noise barriers; Outdoor sound propagation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DATA REDUCTION; RESONANCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

NOISE BARRIERS; OUTDOOR SOUND PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 1542303524     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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