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Author:   Xunren Yang ,  Science Press
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter
Edition:   Digital original
Weight:   0.780kg
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9783110311525

ISBN 10:   3110311526
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   10 May 2016
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Preface Foreword Chapter I.  Introduction §1.  Scope of the branch.  Historical review §2.  Structure and acoustic properties of the atmosphere §3.  Thermodynamical relationships in the atmosphere §4.  Fundamental relations of atmospheric dynamics §5.  Types of atmospheric waves Chapter II.  Basic concepts and processing methods §1.  Wave equation in homogeneous atmosphere §2.  Energy relations in acoustic waves §3.  Wave equation in inhomogeneous atmosphere §4.  The WKB approximation §5.  Normal mode solutions §6.  Basic concepts of geometrical (ray) acoustics Chapter III.  Sound propagation in the atmosphere--- refraction and reflection §1.  Sound propagation in quiescent homogeneous media §2.  Sound refraction in stratified inhomogeneous media §3.  Sound rays in atmosphere §4.  Amplitude variations in quiescent media §5.  Amplitude variations in moving media §6.  Sound reflection from the interface between two media §7.  Effects of the ground surface Chapter IV.  Sound scattering and diffraction in the atmosphere §1.  Basic concepts of scattering §2.  Scattering by inhomogeneities §3.  Interactions between atmospheric turbulences and acoustic waves §4.  Sound scattering in turbulent atmosphere §5.  Sound diffraction in quiescent atmosphere §6.  Sound diffraction in moving atmosphere Chapter V.  Sound absorption in the atmosphere §1.  Classical absorption §2.  Molecular rotational relaxation absorption §3.  Molecular vibrational relaxation absorption §4.  Total absorption coefficient and additional absorption coefficient §5.  Sound absorption in fog and suspended particles Chapter VI.  Effects from gravity field and earth's rotation §1.  Wave system in quiescent atmosphere §2.  Waves in moving inhomogeneous atmosphere §3.  Polarization relations §4.  Rossby waves §5.  External waves §6.  Atmospheric tides Chapter VII.  Computational atmospheric acoustics §1.  Fast field program (FFP) §2.  Parabolic equation (PE) method I: CNPE §3.  Parabolic equation (PE) method II: GFPE §4.  Ray tracing §5.  Gaussian beam (GB) approach Chapter VIII.  Acoustic remote sensing for the atmosphere   Part One.  Acoustic remote sensing for the lower atmosphere (troposphere) §1.  Probing systems §2.  The physical foundations of acoustic sounding §3.  Outputs of the acoustic sounder §4.  Systematic algorithm for obtaining SODAR wind profiles §5.  Passive remote sensing Part Two.  Acoustic remote sensing for the upper atmosphere §1.  Physical foundations of acoustic remote sensing for upper atmosphere §2.  Detecting systems for remote sensing §3.  Recognition of waves in the atmosphere §4.  The passive remote sensing of infrasonic waves existing in the atmosphere Chapter IX.  Non-linear atmospheric acoustics §1.  Non-linear effects in sound propagation §2.  Sonic boom §3.  Recent researches for sound waves in atmospheric turbulences §4.  Atmospheric solitary waves Chapter X.  Sound sources in atmosphere §1.  Fundamental sound sources §2.  Natural sound sources §3.  Artificial sound sources

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