A numerical approach to sound levels in near-surface refractive shadows

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1946-1958

  Cheinet, Sylvain ^a  

^a FRENCH GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAINT LOUIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MONOCHROMATIC SOUND; NEAR-SURFACE; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; PROPAGATION MODELS; SECOND ORDER MOMENT; SHADOW ZONE; SOUND LEVEL; SOUND PROPAGATION; STRATIFICATION EFFECTS; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TURBULENCE PROPERTIES;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84858976941     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3682058     Document Type: Article

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