Mesoscale variations in acoustic signals induced by atmospheric gravity waves

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftForschungsartikelBeigetragenBegutachtung

Beitragende

  • Igor Chunchuzov - , A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics (Autor:in)
  • Sergey Kulichkov - (Autor:in)
  • Vitaly Perepelkin - (Autor:in)
  • Astrid Ziemann - , Universität Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Klaus Arnold - (Autor:in)
  • Anke Kniffka - (Autor:in)

Abstract

The results of acoustic tomographic monitoring of the coherent structures in the lower atmosphere and the effects of these structures on acoustic signal parameters are analyzed in the present study. From the measurements of acoustic travel time fluctuations (periods 1 min-1 h) with distant receivers, the temporal fluctuations of the effective sound speed and wind speed are retrieved along different ray paths connecting an acoustic pulse source and several receivers. By using a coherence analysis of the fluctuations near spatially distanced ray turning points, the internal wave-associated fluctuations are filtered and their spatial characteristics (coherences, horizontal phase velocities, and spatial scales) are estimated. The capability of acoustic tomography in estimating wind shear near ground is shown. A possible mechanism describing the temporal modulation of the near-ground wind field by ducted internal waves in the troposphere is proposed.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)651-663
Seitenumfang13
FachzeitschriftThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Jahrgang125
Ausgabenummer2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Feb. 2009
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 59849091294
ORCID /0000-0002-6686-3736/work/142234734

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Acoustics, Atmospheric Pressure, Gravitation, Models, Theoretical, Motion, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Sound, Sound Spectrography, Time Factors, Tomography/methods, Wind