THE EFFECT OF CROSS WIND ON SOUND PROPAGATION

Abstract

Sound from two high-altitude explosions at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, was detected by a surface-based microphone array located about 30 miles to the south of the explosions. The observed azimuth angles of the sounds as they crossed the array were 1 deg 8 min and 1 deg 35 min west of the geographical azimuth between sound source and microphone array. This error was due to easterly winds, and a correction for these winds was determined which reduced the error to 0 deg 5 min and 0 deg 12 min.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0408741

Entities

People

  • Marvin Diamond

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Detectors
  • Ecology
  • Errors
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • High Altitude
  • Meteorological Data
  • Microphones
  • New Mexico
  • Ray Tracing
  • Sound Waves
  • Travel Time

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Seismology