Simulating the influence of an atmospheric fine inhomogeneous structure on long-range propagation of pulsed acoustic signals

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-68

  Kulichkov, S N ^a   Chunchuzov, I P ^a   Popov, O I ^a  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 77952004345     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0001433810010093     Document Type: Article

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