Acoustic Remote Sensing Applications

✍ Scribed by M. A. Kallistratova (auth.), Dr. S. P. Singal (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Leaves: 584
Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 69
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book, which is divided into three parts, gives a state-of-the-art report on technical developments in instrumentation and on theoretical advancements in acoustic remote sensing. It explains the utilization of acoustic techniques in studies related to the structure of the lower atmosphere and oceans and discusses various atmospheric and oceanic applications. The potential and limitations of acoustic remote sensing are also described. This book will be useful to researchers, graduate students, and teachers interested in the structure of the atmosphere and oceans.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Physical grounds for acoustic remote sensing of the atmospheric boundary layer....Pages 3-34
An overview of the technological development of atmospheric echosounders (SODARS)....Pages 35-84
Design of a tri-monostatic doppler sodar system....Pages 85-104
A modular PC-based multiband sodar system....Pages 105-116
Mini acoustic sounding, a powerful tool for ABL applications: Recent advances....Pages 117-132
Radio-acoustic temperature profiling in the troposphere....Pages 133-141
Radio acoustic sounding system (RASS) for studying the lower atmosphere....Pages 142-176
Determination of the turbulent structure parameters....Pages 179-190
Turbulence variables derived from sodar data....Pages 191-201
Development of sodar detection and its application for studies of atmospheric boundary layer in Beijing, China....Pages 202-235
Influence of the nocturnal low-level-jet on the vertical and mesoscale structure of the stable boundary layer as revealed from doppler-sodar-observations....Pages 236-246
Dynamics of the continental boundary layer: The CRPE sodar results (1984–1993)....Pages 247-274
Sodar investigations of gravity waves by cross spectral analysis....Pages 275-292
Sodar monitoring of nocturnal boundary layer during the harmattan in Ile-Ife, Nigeria....Pages 293-306
An overview of similarity methods to estimate turbulence quantities from sodar measurements in the convective boundary layer....Pages 307-324
Sodar: A tool to characterize hazardous situations in air pollution and communication....Pages 325-384
Application of sodar in urban air-quality monitoring systems....Pages 385-394
Operational use of sodar information in nowcasting....Pages 395-405
Acoustic remote sensing of ocean flows....Pages 409-448
Acoustic remote sensing of ocean-atmosphere interactions....Pages 449-475
Range-average inversions in ocean acoustic tomography....Pages 476-536
Acoustic measurements of currents and effluent plume dilutions in the western edge of the florida current....Pages 537-550
Acoustic propagational characteristics and tomography studies of the Northern Indian Ocean....Pages 551-581
Back Matter....Pages 583-585

✦ Subjects

Atmospheric Sciences; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis

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