Sound propagation through and scattering by internal gravity waves in a stably stratified atmosphere

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3420-3429

  Ostashev, Vladimir E ^a,b   Chunchuzov, Igor P ^c   Wilson, D Keith ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCATTERING;

ANISOTROPIC FLUCTUATIONS; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; MEAN SOUND FIELD; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VELOCITY;

EID: 29244460987     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2126938     Document Type: Article

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