A theoretical treatment of the long range propagation of impulsive signals under strongly ducted nocturnal conditions

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2742-2754

  Waxler, Roger ^a   Gilbert, Kenneth E ^a   Talmadge, Carrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND SIGNALS; GROUND CONDITIONS; LONG RANGES; PROPAGATED SIGNALS; STRONG DISPERSIONS; WAVE TRAINS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTICS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53949094197     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2980520     Document Type: Article

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