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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Année : 2011

Sound, infrasound and sonic boom absorption by atmospheric clouds

Michael Baudoin
François Coulouvrat
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Jean-Louis Thomas
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This study quantifies the influence of atmospheric clouds on propagation of sound and infrasound, based on an existing model [Gubaidulin and Nigmatulin, Int. J. Multiphase Flow 26, 207–228 (2000)]. Clouds are considered as a dilute and polydisperse suspension of liquid water droplets within a mixture of dry air and water vapor, both considered as perfect gases. The model is limited to low and medium altitude clouds, with a small ice content. Four physical mechanisms are taken into account: viscoinertial effects, heat transfer, water phase changes (evaporation and condensation), and vapor diffusion. Physical properties of atmospheric clouds (altitude, thickness, water content and droplet size distribution) are collected, along with values of the thermodynamical coefficients. Different types of clouds have been selected. Quantitative evaluation shows that, for low audible and infrasound frequencies, absorption within clouds is several orders of magnitude larger than classical absorption. The importance of phase changes and vapor diffusion is outlined. Finally, numerical simulations for nonlinear propagation of sonic booms indicate that, for thick clouds, attenuation can lead to a very large decay of the boom at the ground level.
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hal-00783413 , version 1 (01-02-2013)

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Michael Baudoin, François Coulouvrat, Jean-Louis Thomas. Sound, infrasound and sonic boom absorption by atmospheric clouds. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2011, 130, pp.1142-1153. ⟨10.1121/1.3619789⟩. ⟨hal-00783413⟩
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