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JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Volume 151, Issue 6, Pages 3895-3906Publisher
ACOUSTICAL SOC AMER AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1121/10.0011640
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- U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Geospatial Research Engineering basic research program
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The probability distributions of acoustic signals propagating through the near-ground atmosphere were simulated using the parabolic equation method. The results show that while a two-parameter gamma distribution fits well in the absence of uncertainties, a three-parameter distribution is needed to account for parametric uncertainties.
Probability distributions of acoustic signals propagating through the near-ground atmosphere are simulated by the parabolic equation method. The simulations involve propagation at four angles relative to the mean wind, with frequencies of 100, 200, 400, and 800 Hz. The environmental representation includes realistic atmospheric refractive profiles, turbulence, and ground interactions; cases are considered with and without parametric uncertainties in the wind velocity and surface heat flux. The simulated signals are found to span a broad range of scintillation indices, from near zero to exceeding ten. In the absence of uncertainties, the signal power (or intensity) is fit well by a two-parameter gamma distribution, regardless of the frequency and refractive conditions. When the uncertainties are included, three-parameter distributions, namely, the compound gamma or generalized gamma, are needed for a good fit to the simulation data. The compound gamma distribution appears preferable because its parameters have a straight forward interpretation related to the saturation and modulation of the signal by uncertainties.
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