A GIS interfaced numerical model for the simulation of sound propagation in the atmosphere over irregular terrain

Systems Analysis Modelling Simulation

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1199-1212

  Kampanis, Nikolaos A ^a   Flouri, Evangelia T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Elevation data; Finite clement discretization; GIS technology; Irregular terrain; Low frequency atmospheric sound; Nonlocal artificial boundary condition; Standard parabolic equation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELEVATION DATA; FINITE ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION; GROUND SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; IRREGULAR TERRAIN; LOW-FREQUENCY ATMOSPHERIC SOUND; NONLOCAL ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARY CONDITION; STANDARD PARABOLIC EQUATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33746333512     PISSN: 02329298     EISSN: 10294902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02329290310001600273     Document Type: Article

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