The near-ground structure of the nocturnal sound field

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-95

  Waxler, Roger ^a   Talmadge, Carrick L ^a   Dravida, Shantharam ^a   Gilbert, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PROTECTIVE ATMOSPHERES; SURFACES;

NOCTORNAL SOUND PROPAGATION; NOCTURNAL SOUND DUCT; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ACOUSTICS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 30844446951     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2139654     Document Type: Article

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