Vertical sound speed profiles determined from meteorological measurements near the ground

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 228-240

  Heimann, Dietrich ^a   Bakermans, Mark ^b   Defrance, Jérôme ^c   Kühner, Dietrich ^d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b DGMR Consultants for Construction Industry Traffic Environment and Software   (Netherlands)

^c Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment CSTB   (France)

^d deBAKOM GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION; METEOROLOGICAL TOWER; WEATHER STATIONS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34247226156     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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