Sound propagation in a nocturnal slope-wind layer - A numerical model study

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 362-369

  Heimann, Dietrich ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DOWNSLOPE/DOWNWIND DIRECTION; GROUND-BASED LAYERS; SOUND PROPAGATION; TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATIONS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33745377481     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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