In this series from IHS ESDU, challenge questions will be posted for the community. Some questions may require calculations and others are general knowledge questions.
Here's this week's question:
Compared
with constant wind speed as a function of height, if wind speed increased with
height above the ground, what would happen to the sound level at a reception point
a given distance from a sound source?
And the answer is:
The sound level will be higher. A positive wind speed gradient would, in general, amplify the sound. (From ESDU 04011.)
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