Observations of sound propagation during a southern Alberta chinook
作者:
David A. Bohlender,
Patrick J. Irwin,
Titus Mathews,
期刊:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
(AIP Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 77,
issue 6
页码: 2043-2049
ISSN:0001-4966
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1121/1.391777
出版商: Acoustical Society of America
关键词: wave propagation;sound waves;refraction;fluctuations;meteorology;temperature inversions;alberta;wind
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
An experimental investigation of the propagation of sound in the presence of an elevated temperature inversion has been conducted on a farm site in southern Alberta. The refractive focusing of sound in the inversion layer was observed to cause shadow zones and regions of sound enhancement in which sound levels were up to 20 dB lower and 20 dB higher, respectively, than during normal afternoon conditions. Fluctuations of 35 dB in the sound intensities at microphones 1730 and 2180 m from the source have been witnessed as the location of the focusing region changed. Ray tracing analysis for meteorolgical data acquired predicts excess attenuations of sound consistent with those recorded. The use of a monostatic acoustic sounder proved useful in correlating anomalous sound levels with the appearance of temperature inversions.
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