Dictionary definition: acoustic sounding

Article: Acoustic sounding of raindrop size distribution
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... present study, a novel method of acoustic sounding of normalized raindrop size distribution ... mixed-phase precipitation. In acoustic sounding, the raindrop density is much higher ... the Doppler spectra of raindrops in acoustic sounding can be clearly separated from those ...

Article: Radio acoustic sounding in urban meteorological ...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  August 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Meteorological observations are carried out using a mobile Radio Acoustic Sounding System CRASS), a radiosonde system, and ground-based ... important issue that needs to be elucidated. A mobile Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) was developed to measure atmospheric temperature ...

Article: Radio Acoustic Sounding with a UHF Volume Imaging ...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT An implementation of a radio acoustic sounding system (RASS) using a UHF volume imaging radar is ... Introduction During the last few decades, radio acoustic sounding systems (RASSs) have developed as a reliable tool ...

Article: California Inventors Develop Acoustic Sounding ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 23, 2008 ;     515 words ... ... Trademark Office, said: "In the oil industry, the acoustic sounding method is a well-known technique for taking the depth ... generated. One device for generating the sound needed in the acoustic sounding method is an air or gas pressurized chamber which is discharged ...

Article: High-Resolution Radio Acoustic Sounding System ...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the middle- and upper-atmosphere (MU) radar radio acoustic sounding system (RASS) during 4 days in August 1995. This dataset ... denotes formulae omitted.) 1. Introduction The radio acoustic sounding system (RASS) has been developed and used with a variety ...

Article: Stable gradient-type iterative methods for smooth irregular ...
International Journal of Tomography & Statistics;  June 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... irregular equations with arbitrary smooth operators. The suggested scheme is demonstrated by solving a model 3D problem of acoustic sounding. Keywords: irregular equations, iterative methods, stable iterations, inverse problems, acoustic scattering. 2000 ...

Article: Dominant Regimes of the Ross Ice Shelf Surface Wind ...
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT An analysis of the surface wind field across the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica ... characterize the forcing of the surface wind field by synoptic pressure gradients. The ... studies of the Ross Ice Shelf surface wind field, focusing on katabatic winds and barrier ...