Entropic "sound" in the atmosphere
ao-sci
2008-02-03 v2 Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Abstract
It is shown that small, local disturbances of entropy in the atmosphere may give rise to "sound" waves propagating with a velocity which depends on the amplitude ratio of the local relative variations of temperature and volume. This velocity is much smaller than the mean molecular velocity and the usual, adiabatic sound velocity.
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@article{arxiv.ao-sci/9606001,
title = {Entropic "sound" in the atmosphere},
author = {B. -F. Apostol and S. Stefan and M. Apostol},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:ao-sci/9606001},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
5 pages, latex, no figures; distinction made more clear between entropic "sound" velocity and wind velocity